The Artist Karl Wilkes

Highlights About Me

Rosa Park and I

Rosa Parks and I

I was blessed to serve as the late Rosa Parks personal artist for several years – an experience that words cannot completely express.

Richland County International Corridor Mural

International Mural

Students from Forest Lake Elementary, Dent Middle School, and Richland Northeast High School helped Karl Wilkes paint a mural celebrating Decker Blvd’s international corridor.

My work exemplifies qualities of reality, spirituality and mystical ideas. It’s content is derived from my African American heritage. I use vision, ideas and images from yesterday, today and tomorrow, in order to make the most effective aesthetic statement.

Karl W. Wilkes Day

My collectors range from Prince to Muhammad Ali to Jay Leno and the late King of Pop Michael Jackson. My works have affected many people and cultures both known and unknown, and I often donate much of it to help raise money for underprivileged children and other causes (such as research for breast cancer and diabetes). I recently received my own day Karl W. Wilkes Day in Nevada Las Vegas February 10 2010 In recognition of Black History Month.