Artist and Entrepreneur: Motivated by the amounts of money he saw the artists making, Ellis Buckner and his brother, George Buckner, left laborious jobs for art making. They were running a barbecue business in Gifford when they met Livingston Roberts. The brothers visited him and watch him paint beneath a tree in the backyard of the apartment he rented above a social hall. The more they watched Livingston paint, the more enthusiastic they became, and soon, with his encouragement, the brothers began painting. It turned out that Ellis was a good painter but a better salesman, so he was soon selling more than he was painting. He sold both his own and George's paintings. Blessed with the gift of gab he would often take them on the road while his brother stayed home and painted.
Artist and Entrepreneur: Motivated by the amounts of money he saw the artists making, Ellis Buckner and his brother, George Buckner, left laborious jobs for art making. They were running a barbecue business in Gifford when they met Livingston Roberts. The brothers visited him and watch him paint beneath a tree in the backyard of the apartment he rented above a social hall. The more they watched Livingston paint, the more enthusiastic they became, and soon, with his encouragement, the brothers began painting. It turned out that Ellis was a good painter but a better salesman, so he was soon selling more than he was painting. He sold both his own and George's paintings. Blessed with the gift of gab he would often take them on the road while his brother stayed home and painted.
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