Jack Carlton Reed (1930-2009) was an accidental artist with an infamous history who created an impressive portfolio of pastel paintings while serving Life in Prison. While Reed’s art work is remarkable in itself, consisting of photograph life-like images, it is the colorful provocative history of the artist himself that is most enthralling.

Reed’s legacy lives on through his art and memoirs. The creative quintessential Renaissance man was a one-time self-proclaimed Pat Boone All-American boy. A world record breaking race car driver, setting land speed records in the electric powered Silver Eagle dragster at Bonneville Salt Flats, Reed eventually took to the skies as a smuggler. After retiring from his work as a maverick entrepreneur, and before he was apprehended in Panama to be imprisoned in the U.S., Reed lived an adventurous primitive Robinson Crusoe lifestyle. His story is remarkable, as is his art. Select paintings, including limited edition collectibles, are available for purchase. Reed’s colorful history and passionate spirit live on today through his art.


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