From my upcoming book of abandoned churches title, Grace and Grime
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From my upcoming book of abandoned churches title, Grace and Grime
Something I love doing is roaming the backroads looking for scenes to photograph and create art pieces for your home.
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An art piece I created at Selma Mansion. A daffodil on the stairs wainscoting.
The cracks in the walls show the amount of decay suffered from 20 years of abandonment.
Text from Charleston County Parks Website
McLeod Plantation Historic Site is not just a place for memorialization and a place of conscience, but a place where the transformation of conscience can occur.
Established in 1851, McLeod Plantation has borne witness to some of the most significant periods of our nation’s history. Today McLeod Plantation Historic Site is an important 37-acre Gullah/Geechee heritage site that has been carefully preserved in recognition of its cultural and historical significance. The grounds include a riverside outdoor pavilion, a sweeping oak allée, and the McLeod Oak, which is thought to be more than 600 years old.
It is a place like no other, not frozen in time but vibrant, dynamic, and constantly evolving, where the winds of change whisper through the oak trees and voices from the past speak to all who pause to listen. McLeod Plantation was built on the riches of sea island cotton – and on the backs of enslaved people whose work and culture are embedded in the Lowcountry’s very foundation. It is a living tribute to the men and women and their descendants that persevered in their efforts to achieve freedom, equality, and justice.
All of their stories – black and white, enslaved and free – are given their due. After years of careful research and restoration, McLeod Plantation Historic Site invites you to explore the lives of people who, though nearly erased from history, shaped Charleston’s complex past and the nation’s future.
You are an artist, whether it is with food or building robots, you will know your medium the instant you realize how in love you are with what it brings out of you.