Creating the Black Utopia of Buxton, Iowa from Arcadia Publishing Type_Oil Painting These generous mugs with sturdy

These generous mugs with sturdy

If used outdoors in freezing temperatures

My experiences in outdoor spaces is what's led me to devote my artwork to commemorate them

Paper Size: 9" x 12"

Creating the Black Utopia of Buxton, Iowa from Arcadia Publishing Type_Oil Painting These generous mugs with sturdySome have called Buxton a Black Utopia. In the town of five thousand residents, established in 1900, African Americans and Caucasians lived, worked and attended school together. It was a thriving, one of a kind coal mining town created by the Consolidation Coal Company. This inclusive approach provided opportunity for its residents. Dr. E. A. Carter was the first African American to get a medical degree from the University of Iowa in 1907. He returned