Purvis Young, (1943-2010) was a self-taught African-American painter and muralist from the underserved and overlooked Overtown neighborhood of Miami, Florida.  Reflecting his personal roots, his work grew to unlikely prominence on the “canvas” of everyday objects discarded and forgotten by others--plywood and cardboard, refrigerator doors, table tops, scraps of fabric and metal trays. His paintings make rich use of symbolism, such as angelic beings watching over the neighborhood, horses embodying freedom, and pregnant women delivering renewal. Prodigious and undeniably visionary, Purvis Young’s work represents the finest of urban expressionism, harnessing simplicity to communicate profound observations about American life. His work can be found at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, American Folk Art Museum in Manhattan among many other notable public and private collections. For more information, please visit Souls Grown Deep. A foundation "dedicated to documenting, researching, preserving, and exhibiting the work of self-taught African American artists of the American South."