Hampton Art Lovers Presents: Jazz Under a Simple Tree (Live Music Series)

Hampton Art Lovers Presents: "Jazz Under a Simple Tree" is a live jazz series produced by Overtures to Overtown & Carole Ann Taylor. Join us each third Friday, where Overtown is the Mecca for Black Art, Culture & Design. We celebrate Jazz as America's indigenous art form, having its birth and evolution in the United States in African-American communities. Now a global phenomenon, we invite all to come "Under the Tree". Sponsored by eLuggage.com | S.E. Overtown/Parkwest CRA | Legacy Magazine | Art of Black | E11en Vodka

Come, Listen, Share, and Carry On!

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Conch House Hues featuring the Art of Ray Rolston. Get ready to immerse yourself in a world of color and creativity as we showcase the works of the late Ray Rolston (1947 - 2019). Ray brings you the tropical warmth and sunshine of the Florida Keys through color and style on canvas and prints. He was born in British Guyana, a small country nestled amid the rainforest at the northern tip of South America. Ray is a graduate of Queens College with a Master's Degree in English. He was a naturalist at heart, and growing up in the tropics with bright sunsets and endless summer weather inspired him at an early age. He started painting the surrounding landscapes of his hometown. The many waterfalls and rivers of the area served as the perfect backdrop for his later works. After migrating to the US and spending 3 decades in New York City & South Florida, he relocated to The Florida Keys. Ray called Key West his home for more than twenty years. The lush tropical landscape, colorful conch houses, landmark buildings, and magnificent sunsets became his subjects and inspiration. We call his style of art, Conch House Hues. Hampton Art Lovers curated the show with the specific purpose of showcasing the Conch House as the subject. Ray made portraits of these homes, many of them historic buildings. Just like our own - Historic Ward Rooming House.

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