Bernice Sims

Bernice Sims (born December 25, 1926) was born and raised near Brewton, Alabama, and was active in the Civil Rights Movement. She marched in Selma and encouraged African-American voter registration. She making artwork in the 1980's after becoming disabled and subsequently taking painting classes. In 1984, she was introduced to Mose Tolliver and became inspired to follow her artistic vision. Her memory paintings recreate scenes from her childhood as well as images from the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama.

Not only have her paintings been on display at multiple museums, but her "Selma Bridge March" was featured as a United States Postage stamp.

"Strawberries" paint on canvas 20 x 16" $750

"Logs Rolling on the Water" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $750

"Montgomery Bus" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $900

"Pickin' Cotton" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $750

"Pecan Picking" paint on canvas 20 x 24" $800

"Hog Killing with Lady in Red Dress" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $750

"University of Alabama" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $750

"Baptism Under the Bridge" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $750

"Laundry" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $750

"In the Cotton Fields" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $750

"Hog Killing with Cauldrons" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $750

"Jump Rope" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $750

"Loading the Cart" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $750

"Rainbow Tent Revival" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $800

"Wash Day" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $750

"Tire Swing" paint on canvas 20 x 24" $750

"Jake's Turpentine" paint on canvas 24 x 20" $950

"Orchard" paint on canvas 20 x 16" $850

"Sugar Cane Man" paint on canvas 24 x 18" $750

"Pettus Bridge" paint on canvas 24 x 18" $1400

"Time to Grind" paint on canvas 24 x 18" $800

"Watching Mama Wash Clothes" paint on canvas 24 x 18" $750

"Old Stockyard" paint on canvas 24 x 18" $750

"Joe's Bar" paint on canvas 24 x 18" $750

"Hog Killing with Lady in Orange Dress" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $750

"At the Voting Booths" by Bernice Sims paint on canvas 16 x 20" $1500

"Greenville KKK" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $1250

"Makin' Biscuits" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $900

"Segregated at the Ritz" paint on canvas 18 x 24" $1200

"Baptism Down at the Lake" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $850

"Birmingham Water Hoses" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $750

"At Hickory Hill" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $900

"Negro Baptism" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $750

"Down in the Quarter" paint on canvas 20 x 16" $750

"Brewton Jail" paint on canvas 16 x 20" early piece $1200

"Brush Hut Revival" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $900

"Fishin' at the Lake" paint on canvas 16 x 20" $850

"Segregated Voting" paint on canvas 18 x 24" $1600

"Last Supper" paint on canvas 20 x 16" exhibited in "A Brush with the Past: Memory Paintings of Bernice Sims" from May 4 - June 30, 2008, at National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture $2000

"Bus Protest" paint on canvas 18 x 24" exhibited in "A Brush with the Past: Memory Paintings of Bernice Sims" from May 4 - June 30, 2008, at National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture $1600

"Milling Logs" paint on canvas 24 x 36" $900

"Baptism at the Bend in the Road" paint on canvas 20 x 24" $850

"Let's Ride" paint on canvas 17 x 32" exhibited in "A Brush with the Past: Memory Paintings of Bernice Sims" from May 4 - June 30, 2008, at National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture $1000