Wilcox County
Reproductions
of Painting
William Harris’s vivid life has formed a backdrop of experiences
for his artwork. With only one year of art classes, he took his painting hobby
most seriously and began selling his art in the late 1950s. For most of
ninety-six years, William used water color, oil, and acrylic paints to capture
pictures of the world as it changed around him.
An avid turkey hunter, William’s turkey portraits have been sold
by the Wild Turkey Federation to raise money for the organization. His
realistic painting technique also appears in William’s portrayals of romantic,
Old South nostalgia. His heirs are now preserving William’s paintings by
issuing reproduction prints. Printed by the Coleson Printing Company on
acid-free, long-life paper, the prints are framed in wooden frames that mimic
the barn wood frames that William made to frame his original art work.