About the Artist
Bernice Sims
Bernice Sims lived near Brewton, Alabama in the rural community of Hickory Hill. A hardworking single mother of six, she was active in the Civil Rights Movement in the 60's and the March in Selma was a favorite subject in her paintings.
Encouraged to paint "her way" by Larry Manning, long time friend and her art instructor, Bernice graced us with her interpretation of everyday life and it's struggles until her passing in October of 2014.
The paintings of civil rights protest subjects shown below were
painted during the later years of Bernice's life. She painted them
as a series showing the struggles and unfair conditions that
people of color endured in their road to equality.
Always a favorite subject, these paintings serve to remind us
of the civil rights movement in the 60's and her enduring efforts to
help highlight her people's thirst for equality.