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Ernie Barnes

Mr. Ernie Barnes (1938-2009) was an artist with a distinct style of elongated figures in his paintings.

He gave us this painting, The Sugar Shack (1971),

which was featured in the TV show Good Times, and also on Marvin Gaye’s I Want You album cover in 1976:

Some modifications were made to the album cover version to allude to Marvin Gaye’s album.

Of the painting, he said, “The Sugar Shack is a recall of a childhood experience. It was the first time my innocence met with the sins of dance. The painting transmits rhythm so the experience is re-created in the person viewing it. To show that African-Americans utilize rhythm as a way of resolving physical tension.”

He also worked on album covers for jazz/R&B trumpeter Donald Byrd, B. B. King, Curtis Mayfield, and jazz fusion group The Crusaders.

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