Willie O’Michael is a self-taught artist and poet, born and raised in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. He married his high school sweetheart, and they were together thirty-eight years before she pas...view moreWillie O’Michael is a self-taught artist and poet, born and raised in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. He married his high school sweetheart, and they were together thirty-eight years before she passed. O’Michael started painting and writing poetry to occupy his mind and time.view less