Our New Hermes Scarf Book Featuring Designs By A Texas Postman…

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Yes, your eyes are not deceiving you.  70 year old Kermit Oliver, of Waco, Texas is a Postman by trade.  Kermit is also an artist.
Most of his art deals with chil­dren or ani­mals.  His love of painting caught the eye of one famous Texan, Shelby Marcus, the wife of Lawrence Marcus, founder of Neiman Marcus.  Shelby was instru­mental in get­ting Oliver rec­og­nized by Hermes.
In the 70’s, Shelby met Oliver and this is where it all began.  Hermes was in search of an artist to pro­duce a South­west themed line, and Marcus stepped in with a rec­om­men­da­tion.  The rest is history…
Kermit Oliver - Clayton Gray Home

Here Kermit is fea­tured at an art exhi­bi­tion a few years ago.
(photo cour­tesy of worlds​-luxury​-guide​.com)

Around this time, as his name became asso­ci­ated with Hermes and the Marcus family, his art­works began selling for more than $70,000. Nonethe­less, he showed up day after day to sort mail at the Waco post office.
In the late 90’s, Oliver’s youngest son, Khris­tian was sen­tenced to death for the beating of a man during a home rob­bery.  Hermes and Marcus helped him set up a legal fund but the sen­tence was never revoked.  In November 2009, Khris­tian was put to death by lethal injec­tion.  His life has never been the same.
According to an inter­view with NPR, “He became even more reclu­sive”, Shelby Marcus said. “I believe he had some searching to do within him­self about his reli­gion, because he was so crushed.”
Oliver, who is more of a recluse these days still delivers mail each week in the town of Waco.  He also dab­bles in art and is still asso­ci­ated with the art and design of Hermes.
To read the full story, see here.  To check out the book, visit our site.

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