Oil on board, signed at lower right, unframed.

34 3/4 x 14 in.

From the Collection of Barbara Ortiz; acquired directly from the artists during her time spent in Florida

James Gibson was an original member of the Highwaymen, a group of young African-American landscape painters in Florida who began producing art in the 1950s. The group included Gibson, Alfred Hair, Harold Newton, Livingston Roberts, and Mary Ann Carroll. They painted on inexpensive materials such as Upson board and roofer's materials. They worked out of their cars, traveled the state's coast, and sold their works from door to door. Today, the group is revered for its contributions to the American folk art tradition.

Wear at edges of board, loss at right side and scattered flaking to tree, mold to lower register.