Acclaimed outsider artist Ike E. Morgan (b. 1958) has always enjoyed painting portraits.  His earliest known paintings from his high school days were historic portraits and he painted George Washington from the dollar bill when he was in the Austin State Hospital, where he resided from age 17 through age 41. Morgan works in series based upon the materials he has on hand and what is in his mind.  His work can be created with a wide range of materials. Morgan paints every day,  enamored with historic portraits and occasionally adding in pop culture figures from his youth, birds, or animals. Morgan's work is included in numerous private and public collections and has been shown in exhibitions across the country, including a 2019 solo  exhibition at SAGE Studio.