Rodney Hardee

Rodney Charles Hardee (born 1954) is an American folk artist who was born in and still resides in Lakeland, Florida. and folky but granular.

His work is held by the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, the Mennello Museum of American Art, and the Polk Museum of Art.

Career Hardee began painting after seeing a farm painting in an antique store which he liked but couldn't afford. Hardee dates each of his paintings, and writes a comment next to the date which reads as if he is writing a letter from home to update people on his progress with his paintings.

Hardee defines himself as a folk artist and not an outsider artist, saying "I don't do weird enough stuff to be an Outsider".

Florida painter Ruby C. Williams credited Hardee for helping her launch her folk art career when he encouraged her to sell her paintings after meeting her in the 1990s.

Personal life Hardee worked for JBT Corporation as an inventory counter.