Background
Annie Miller was born in Buxton, on Cape Hatteras, and was raised in a Methodist family of 13 children and 14 foster children.
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Annie Hooper
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Annie briefly attended college in Blackstone, Virginia, before marrying John Hooper and moving to Stumpy Point.
Career
Her work is an example of folk art, outsider art, and visionary art John worked as a fisherman, while Annie taught Sunday school, played organ, and wrote poetry. The couple had one child, Edgar.
John and Edgar served in World World War II, and during their absence Annie suffered the first in a series of depressions.
After the war, the Hoopers moved to Buxton and opened a motel. Following Hooper’s death, preservation of her work was overseen by folklorist Roger Manley, with financial assistance from The Jargon Society.
lieutenant is now housed in the permanent collection of North Carolina State University’s Gregg Museum of Art and Design. A solo exhibition of Hooper’s work, titled A Blessing from the Source, was held in 1988.
