Ernie Barnes painting the “Sugar Shack” is the subject of African Americans enjoying an evening of live music and people dancing. In the painting, the observer will be introduced to a place displaying vibrant colors, banners hanging from the ceiling, people sitting down, people dancing on the second level of the shack and a spotlight beaming in on all that it is surrounding the painting. Mr. Barnes uses the term “physical tension” to describe the meaning behind the painting and also tells that the painting is a representation of his childhood in the early 1970’s.
