AMOS FERGUSON

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	A Lady Expecting enamel on paper board 20 x 22 inches *inquire for price		Angel, 1980s enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches *inquire for price
	The Fishing Boat enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches *inquire for price		The Kiss enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches *inquire for price
	A Woman with a Bird Hat, 1987 enamel on paper board 35 x 30 inches SOLD		Woman and Child in Yellow enamel on paper board 11 x 17 inches *inquire for price
	Ten Commandments, 1983 enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches *inquire for price		The Rich Young Man enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches *inquire for price
	Monkeys enamel on paper board 36 x 30 inches *inquire for price		The Cabneth, 1984 enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches *inquire for price
	A Flamingo, 1983 enamel on paper board 20 x 13.5 inches *inquire for price		Two Flamingos, 1985 enamel on paper board 20 x 15.5 inches *inquire for price
	Twin Flamingos, 1985 enamel on paper board 22 x 15 inches *inquire for price		Three Flamingos, 1985 enamel on paper board 20 x 16.5 inches *inquire for price
	The Dopers enamel on paper board 24 x 30 inches SOLD		Boys at Fountain enamel on paper board 24 x 30 inches SOLD
	Jesus Praying enamel on paper board 12 x 16 inches *inquire for price		In The Fire enamel on paper board 12 x 16 inches *inquire for price
	Drug Dealers enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches *inquire for price		Mary and Joseph on Donkey enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches *inquire for price
	A Woman on Couch enamel on paper board 17 x 21 inches *inquire for price		Bird's Nest circa 1980 enamel on paper board 30 x 40 inches *inquire for price
	Red and White Flowers 2002 enamel on paper board 12 x 12 inches *inquire for price		Crucifixion of Jesus 1991 enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches *inquire for price
	Lady Under The Leaves 2002 enamel on paper board 9 x 12 inches *inquire for price		The Queen Staircase 1986 enamel on paper board 23 x 35 inches *inquire for price
	The Pink House 1992 enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches *inquire for price		Lady with Red Lips enamel on paper board 16 x 12.5 inches SOLD
	Sailboat 2002 enamel on paper board 9 x 13 inches *inquire for price		Rasta Hair 2002 enamel on paper board 12 x 12 inches *inquire for price
	Three Headed Lady enamel on paper board 11 x 14 inches SOLD		The White House enamel on paper board 26 x 30 inches SOLD
	Bahamian Smack Fishing Boat enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches SOLD		Ladies in Orange enamel on paper board 24 x 14 inches SOLD
	Three Ladies 2002 enamel on paper board 9 x 12 inches SOLD		Three Ladies in Yellow 2002 enamel on paper board 9 x 12 inches SOLD
	Wedding Party 1999 enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches SOLD		Birds and Fish enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches SOLD
	Lady on Red Chair enamel on paper board 12 x 19 inches SOLD		Children Holding Hands enamel on paper board 12 x 12 inches SOLD
	Rock House Fire 1986 enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches SOLD		Bird Bath enamel on paper board 36 x 30 inches SOLD
	Boys on Donkey enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches SOLD		Smack Fishing Boats enamel on paper board 26 x 30 inches SOLD
	Riding Donkeys enamel on paper board SOLD		Yellow Mermaids enamel on paper board 15 x 15 inches SOLD
	Women and Flowers enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches SOLD		Rock House enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches SOLD
	Four Ladies 2002 enamel on paper board 9 x 12 inches SOLD		The Nassau Band enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches SOLD
	Sailors 1980's enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches SOLD		Three Brides enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches SOLD
	Paradise Island enamel on paper board 30 x 36 inches SOLD		Notecards by pomegranate.com 20 notecards with 20 envelopes 5 each of 4 designs $15.95

link: http://www.cawmagazine.com/articles/laurie-carmody/index.php   October 19, 2009 Dear friends and lovers of Mr. Amos Ferguson, It is with great sorrow that I report to you the passing of Amos Ferguson. This wonderful painter of joy died peacefully Monday, October 19, 2009, in Nassau at his family home. Congratulations to all of you who own and have admired and enjoyed his work over the years. I was privileged to visit with Amos many times during my 30 year career, the last time having been just last week with my daughter Robin. I looked straight into his beautiful green eyes and told him how much I loved and appreciated his paintings. He perked up from a sleepy daze, gave me a big smile, locked eyes with me and said: "So you like my artwork?" That made my day ! Amos was never one to mince words. He would always expound on how God gave him the talent to paint, and that he painted only through God. God and His Creation was Amos' sole inspiration. Amos could detect sincerity and its opposite in a person, and though he was a simple and humble man, he was as brilliant and sharp as they come. I will dearly miss those sparkly, piercing eyes and that gentle smile, the joyful face and the baseball cap. Amos, you were and always will be an INSPIRATION ! The Folk Art World will surely miss Mr Amos Ferguson. I enclose photos of our newly acquired Amos Fergsuons that will now be in our Galerie Bonheur collection . There is a movie called: Artists of the Bahamas, featuring a live interview with Amos and other artists. His home and studio will hopefully soon be moved to the grounds of the National Art Museum in Nassau. I am also sending a link to the articles written about Amos on the day of his death. Laurie Carmody Ahner click here to read an article about Amos Ferguson written by his niece Lorraine Bastian Jones from DOONGALIK STUDIOS ART Newsletter.

Amos Ferguson (born c.1920 - 2009) was a house painter by profession who began painting when he was a boy. He received a vision from God in a dream; God told him to paint the beauty of His world, to celebrate the Bible and nature, and to show off his native Bahamas. Amos followed God's commands and had been painting prolifically for many years. Amos Ferguson claimed to, “Paint by Faith, Not by Sight.” He did not paint what he saw, but what he dreamed. Amos's subjects include Biblical scenes, nature motifs, and scenes of everyday Bahamian life, including the festival Junkanoo.

His works are bold and bright, comprised of colorful shapes and patterns, making them charming, fun, and uplifting. Amos's use of color and imagery speaks of his lush tropical surroundings in the Bahamas. Ferguson used lush enamel house paint on cardboard, creating a beautiful shiny and smooth paint skin in his artwork. Amos had become a well-known artist in his own country as well as others, and there is a museum in Nassau dedicated to his works. His work was discovered by the New York Art world in 1983 and has since toured the United States and several other countries.   Text by: Laurie Carmody Ahner of Galerie Bonheur