Negro Digest - Freedom Archives

"iON ONYE
LOCKARD
is a selftaught
artist,
a fact which
might have something to
do with his choice of subjects
. For, as an artist,
Mr . Lockard is not much
concerned about the art
class' geometrics and the
delicacy of shadow on a
rose ; his art is directed
toward human beings
and to delineating their
beauty, their anguish and
their joys .
The impact of Mr .
Lockard's work is evident
on the next three
pages, but it is to be
regretted that NE~xO DicEST
is unable to reproduce
the three paintings
in color . For color-in more than
one sense-is most important in
Mr . Lockard's work . The faces and
the hands are black, very black, but
touched with that deep umber
which suggests the earth . And the
backgrounds, which appear merely
dark in black and white, are
shades of blue, red and flameorange
in the original .
Mr . Lockard, a Detroit native,
currently lives and works in Ann
Arbor, Mich ., where his studio
(Ann Arbor Art Centre, 215 S .
Fourth Ave . ) is located . He formerly
operated Studio 21 in De-
NEGRO DIGEST March 1968
troit, specializing in commercial art
and illustrations, and attended
Wayne State University as an art
major. He now concentrates on
portraits .
Color prints of the paintings
reproduced here are available
through Mr . Lockard's studio .
They are 16 by 20 inches in size
and sell for $10 .00 each . They also
are available framed at additional
cost . Framed 8 x 10 prints are
available for $4.95 . The unframed
prints also are available at Vaughn's
Book Store in Detroit and at Ellis'
Book Store in Chicago .
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