Stroria Strother-Davis

Childhood Memories Stroria Strother-Davis

"Childhood Memories" is a series of paintings and dioramas that represents the essences of many African American children growing up during the 1950's and the 1960's. These paintings and dioramas depict beautiful landscapes in Southern Maryland and the relationship people had with it. Pinkie Strother, the creator of the art and the story has worked on the art series over two decades. The traditions and the life style during this time in the rural south is illustrated threw a variety of media. The people who lived there are depicted in drawings, paintings, and dioramas. The figurines, representing people of the community, show the basic activities of the era and each figurine depicts and actual person from the artist experience. The exhibition shows a labor of love.