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Working on a variety of surfaces, Georgia artist Willie Jinks uses bold images and enigmatic writing to tell the stories of characters from his life and imagination. One such character is Hoperman (Hobbyman), a less inhibited alter ego through whom the artist shows a side of himself, (and suggests that others have such a side), that is often kept safely hidden in the unconscious mind.
Jinks was born 1921 in Locust Grove, Georgia. He grew up in a large family, sharecropping around Clayton County. He worked for the Department of Sanitation in Atlanta for 30 years, an occupation that provided him with ample raw material for his art.
The works by Willie Jinks are from the collection of Marvin Jones.
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