Artist Feature

Harriet Beecher Stowe captured Florida perfectly in her 1873 sketches, “Palmetto Leaves”: “Florida, like a piece of embroidery, has two sides to it—one side all tag-rag and thrums, without order or position; and the other side showing flowers and arabesques and brilliant coloring.” As “Florida Boys” unfolds, I return to a question that remains at the heart of my work: how do you belong to a ...