Jake McCord
Bio
By the time of his death, Jake McCord(1948-2009) was a local celebrity in his hometown of Thomson, Georgia, where he worked full-time as a groundskeeper for 39 years while painting on the side as a hobby. McCord, a self-taught Black painter, first began creating art around 1984 after seeing a group of white women taking a painting class at the Hawes Paint store near his home. His hobbies included watching TV, fishing, attending church and making art. He enjoyed having the TV on and said he felt that it kept him company while he worked. In order to showcase his artworks, he would nail his paintings to the exterior of his home and would make sure to leave them that way until he felt enough people had seen the work.
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021
The Bold and the Beautiful, SHRINE, New York, NY
Untitled (blond woman with beer), 1990, oil on wood, 75 x 48 in.
Untitled (crows and flowers), 1990, oil on wood, 48 x 37 in.
Untitled (woman jogger with dog), 1989, oil on wood, 73 x 48 in.
Untitled (Miss USA), 1998, oil on wood, 48 x 32 in.
Untitled (dog eating corn), 1990, oil on wood, 48 x 53.25 in.
Untitled (woman with red hair), 1990, oil on wood, 39 x 29 in.
Untitled (tall woman in bikini), 1989, oil on wood, 77 x 48 in.
Untitled (cat on fireplace), 1988, oil on wood, 68 x 48 in.
Untitled (woman with glasses and earrings), 1989, oil on wood, 76 x 48 in.
Untitled (woman with red hair and beer), 1989, oil on wood, 79 x 48 in.