European-born Ike Tennessee Parker came to the United States in 1956 and to Rhode Island in 1963. A Cumberland, RI resident, he taught oil painting at Johnson & Wales University during the 1970s. He died in 2001 at age 94. Ike Tennessee Parker was an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1906.
The art is very presentable but could use some cleaning and possible touch up. Please look over the photos, they tell the story best.