• 10"x 16" image size (12"x 18" paper size) / 100 prints / 18"x 24"matting size

As a tribute to his grandfather, the artist portrays a farm laborer on his way home after a full day's work. Martin's grandfather spent most of his life as a day laborer in the sugar cane fields of South Louisiana. Early on, he earned a dollar a day for his family of a wife and nine children. With a strong work ethic, he was eagerly sought out by the foremen of various plantations. So much so, that over the years he and his family occupied over a dozen plantation quarters, some of the same homes more than once.

He spoke both English and Cajun French and was a sought-after dance partner. In his younger years it was said that he played fiddle in dance halls on weekends. A natural intelligence came through in conversation with him. Once, he and the artist were sitting in a farm shed waiting for a storm to break. Asked if it would stop raining?" he answered, "Always has".