Charlie Black was raised in Chicago, Illinois and has been painting and drawing since his early childhood. Raised in Chicago, he spent many summers with grandparents in Walnut Grove, Mississippi. A husband and father, Black paints to express himself and chronicle his view of life. He uses pastels, watercolors, and stained glass and wields a vibrant palette of intense colors. He enjoys capturing people in both urban and rural settings and making the ordinary extraordinary. He has an international clientele that is drawn to his warm, uncomplicated, and...more