ROXANE J...GREW UP IN THE RURAL SOUTH.WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL I HEARD RUMORS THAT PAPA,WHEN HE WAS YOUNG AND STUPID,HAD BEEN IN A SOUTHERN CHAIN GANG...MAMA RUN OFF WITH SOME GUY NAMED BILLY BOB WHO WORKED DOWN AT THE JIFFY LUBE OR A GAS STATION.SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHEN I WAS LITTLE BITTY PAPA TOOK ME OUT IN A AIR BOAT,LATE AT NIGHT,EVERGLADES,GIGGIN FROGS.PAPA WAS SMOKIN THAT WACKY WEED.HIS FRIEND FRED THE HEAD WAS DRINKIN SOMETHIN THAT LOOKED LIKE WATER OUT OF A MASON JAR.NEXT MORNIN PAPA SAID, HEY KID,PUT SOME SOUTH IN YOUR MOUTH...WE HAD CAT HEADS,RED EYE GRAVY,FRIED EGGS & FROG LEGS.
YEARS LATER WE WERE DOWN BY THE INDIAN RIVER,WENT TO SEE A GATOR PAPA CALLED FRED.SOME GUY PULLED UP IN A PINK CADILLAC.PAPA CALLED HIM,,,,,, THE KING !!!!!!
AFTER THAT PAPA HAD A VISION.SAID WE WAS GONNA BE FOLK ARTIST.FROM THEN ON WE PAINTED THAT THERE KING,GATORS LOVE TOMATERS,AND CHICKENS.I ASKED HIM WHY WE PAINTED SO MANY CHICKENS,HE SAID, BANNIE ROOSTERS,THEY REMINDED HIM OF MAMA,SAID SHE ACTED LIKE A BANNIE ROOSTER...
SO AS YOU CAN SEE PAPA HAD A GREAT INFLUANCE ON MY ART...STILL DOES TO THIS DAY.I'M GONNA TRY TO BRING YOU THE BEST IN FOLK ART.IT'LL GET BETTER,BEAR WITH US.HOPE YOU GET SOME WHILE IT'S STILL CHEAP.PAPA SAID SOME DAY WE'LL BE FAMOUS,WE'LL MAKE A LOT OF MONEY.BUT EVEN IF WE DON'T WE HAVE A GOOD TIME MAKIN ART.
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND THAT YOU WOULD LIKE DONE.GIVE US A HOLLER,I'LL DO MY BEST.
AS THAT THERE KING SAID,
THANK YOU,THANK YOU VERY MUCH !
ROXANEJ.
CliROXANE J HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY.MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUES,ROBERT JOHNSON,HOWLING WOLF,MUDDY WATERS,BESSIE SMITH,CLARKSDALE,MEMPHIS MINNIE,SONNY BOY WILLIAMS,CHICAGO BLUES,CLARA SMITH,JOHNNIE LEE HOOKER,BLUES FOLK ART,HOUSE OF BLUES,ELVIS,BB KING,BILLIE HOLIDAY,RICE MILLER,LEAD BELLY BETTER ,LIGHTIN HOPKINS,BIG MAMA THORNTON,WILLARDJ,MOJO,JUKE JOINT.AND MORE .
