Hometown Shotgun Shack, 1992
Wood and Mixed Media, 12" x 9 1/4" x 15"
Beverly Buchanan was born on October 8, 1940 in Fuquay, North Carolina. She is an African American artist famous for utilizing her art to communicate a Southern vernacular to the world. Buchanan graduated with a B.A. in medical technology from Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina before attending Columbia University to receive her M.A. in parasitology. She forwent medical school to focus on her art, and enrolled in a class at the Art Students League. Norman Lewis was her teacher but she developed a close relationship with Romare Bearden. She has received multiple awards for her efforts to further women in the arts, and now maintains two studios: one in Athens, Georgia and the other in Ann Arbor, Michigan.