Texas postal worker, the artist is behind Hermes scarves

We tend to think, like Hermes scarves designed by European masters - the giants of the art of the ancient world, whose works from the 19th and squirted rose three feet back ribbons. But many of these scarves, eventually be developed by an employee of the station, near Waco, Texas After a fascinating profile in Texas Monthly by Jason Sheeler the only American designer Hermes scarves is a man named Kermit Oliver. Chanel Outlet Online Over the past 30 years, he sorted mail to the night shift position Waco. He paints after work in a 10-foot by 10-foot space, he called his (Read more: more than 1 million reward offered for missing art) ". District monk" His work - which includes exotic animals, fruit and surreal scenes of the Wild West - was of Hermes [RMS EN 218.60 6.60 (3.11%)] discovered in the 1980s. Since then, Oliver has created 16 scarves. The sale of the most famous and the best is the flora and fauna of Texas, painted in 1987. He spent six months to a year deisgning scarves, on a square of 90 x 90-cm painted (the size of the scarf) and FedEx it to Paris. He said that the money and fame is not interested, which is why their main task is to sort the mail. "Painting is just something I do," he told Texas Monthly, "I do not have to support my family in this way." (Read more: Beijing, one end of the "bling"). Oliver works for five figures galleries in Houston sold. But his life is simple: He bought his painting acrylic craft Michaels and he once said to a friend. "My needs are very simple Give me a room with a northern lights well, my books, art supplies, and a bed and keep the food under the door , and I'm the happiest man in the world. " Much easier, no doubt, contribute to the lives of those scarves his.