It would be easy to mistake Detroit artist Richard Phillips for a highly-trained master of his field. But the 75-year-old man only had his first exhibit in 2019 and might be America's unlikeliest art phenom.
To pass the time and temper the injustice, he painted.
"It was something to do, occupy my mind," Phillips said."I could get off into one of my paintings and just be in there for hours and hours and hours." Once he was exonerated, though, he was sent on his way without so much as a bus ticket, leaving him wondering how he would survive. "I thought maybe I was going to have to stand out somewhere with a cup and beg for nickels and dimes," Phillips said.— and use it to make a living. Now, he's enjoying what he was denied for nearly half a century.
"It's not done yet. I'm still involved in social reform. I'm still involved in criminal justice. I'm still involved with the Innocence Network," Philips said."I'm just trying to stay active."
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