George Williams lived in Fayette, Mississippi and we were enamored with him and his rigid powerful carvings.
George road the rails and worked in lumber camps and fields along the road . He was a gambler and first carved these little heads he referred to as “Luck Heads”. Maybe they were a part of the gamble or maybe they worked, but he was a good enough gambler that folks started asking for them.
We have a thing for luck symbols, folk lore, and riding the rails, so we always hit it off with George.
His personal style was tops and the patterns he wore with his blue painted shoes on his red porch is a visual we will never forget.
His carvings of figures with their akimbo arms kept that symbol of power just like the orginal luck head. We believe he recognized the power and was proud of his work and always sported a smile when we visited.
We miss our visits to him, but continue to enjoy his amazing work. His work is included in many private collections and museum collections such as the Smithsonian Museum of American Art.
George and his work was beyond time in his execution of figures reminiscent of various cultures and their history figural carvings of power.