FIgure in green helmet #5 - Purvis Young Painting Size:42x35 and some minor browning on

and some minor browning on areas of the poster

An oil drum has never looking more enchanting

making the viewer the subject

this one in color

FIgure in green helmet #5 - Purvis Young Painting Size:42x35 and some minor browning onA large central figure in a green helmet is positioned below a small green ambulance with a red cross, all set against a chaotic cityscape background. I Purvis Young was an American artist of Bahamian descent known for his expressive mixed media works made from found materials. Using scrap wood and plywood collected from the streets of Overtown in Miami, Florida, Young combined painting, drawing, and collage to portray both the struggles and spiritual