Sandra Baccus Collection

Being guarded by emotions, the forever lasting paintings of the Lloyd and Sandra Baccus Collection will forever remain imprinted in my mind. Never have I seen such a diverse range of medium in one collection. I saw firsthand well-known paintings of artist that I have only heard or read about in books. The collection house many African American artist and African Diasporic. Lloyd and Sandra Baccus Collections are on exhibit at the David C. Driskell Center at Maryland University.

The late Lloyd Baccus wanted to contribute his collection so that students and art historians can marvel in the history of African artist. He wanted to ensure that all art lovers knew that African artist is a big inspiration of young artist today. It will continue to be an inspiration as long as upcoming generations are taught what African art is and why it is necessary that we all educate ourselves on the nature of its existence. With his art underway on viewing at the David C. Driskell Center, all students and historians come out to reverence in his memory and passion of art. Lloyd Baccus late wife Sandra Baccus was too a great art collector, intrigued in with Lloyd love and collection of art they continued their passion together and in the end was able

What drew my attention to this piece was the thought that I had painted a copy when I was learning how to paint in my younger days. It caught my attention because at the time I did not know who the painting was by and now that I know; I see a lot of similarities between both his and mine. Looking upon the painting, I wonder what Lois was thinking while painting this calming and peaceful piece. What was he going through at the time of creating this amazing sight of nature? Through the effort of trying to visualize and capture the emotions of Lois while painting this creation, I continued on to the next visual ascetic of the