Welmon Sharlhorne
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
New Orleans' own world renowned Smithsonian ink artist Welmon Sharlhorne
“Uncle Shadow” is how locals in New Orleans come to know world renowned ink artist Welmon Sharlhorne. Shadow spent half his life behind prison walls drawing imaginary places, vehicles and mystical creatures. To this day, the Smithsonian ink artists creates using only a ball point pen, which was the lone art supply he could acquire confined for more than two decades at the notorious Angola prison. There is more to read in depth about this Artist amazing story at www.UncleShadow.org