Last September I wrote a short essay on this ongoing exhibit at the Customs House. When I was there recently to see the Mario Sanchez show I took another turn in the gallery at the opposite end of he ground floor and I figured I wanted to show more of his astonishing art.
How do you think this up? Then how do you create such needlepoint? Amazing.
I photographed this last September and it remained in my ind ever since.
Curiously Baron died the same year as Sanchez, where Sanchez underplayed his own technique his focus on Key West as it was gained him fame for subject matter as well as his folk art technique. I find this stuff fascinating, even if it lacks the historical context of the work down the hall.
http://www.gingerbreadsquaregallery.com/Paintings/Baron/baron-bio.html