Vagrant, convict and creator, Purvis Young (1943–2010) is Overtown’s favorite native son. Although the work in his gallery is dubbed ‘outsider’ or ‘folk’ art (i.e he didn’t go to art school), we’d just classify it as good. His paintings, often done on pieces of wood and carpet samples, portray ink-blotty mothers, horses, angels, African idols and people striving for freedom from an ambiguous captivity – a poignant and well-realized message in studio spaces that abut Miami’s poorest neighborhoods.
