Artist Mark Priest

 Artist Mark Priest speaks with Courier-Journal reporter Elizabeth Kramer about his 2015 Underground Railroad: "The Narrative of Frederick Douglas" artwork series being displayed at University of Louisville's Hite Art Institute Cressman Center Gallery.  February 8, 2015. (Matt Herp/ Special to the C-J)

 Artist Mark Priest reflects while speaking with Courier-Journal reporter Elizabeth Kramer about his 2015 Underground Railroad: "The Narrative of Frederick Douglas" artwork series being displayed at the University of Louisville's Hite Art Institute Cressman Center Gallery. February 8, 2015. (Matt Herp/ Special to the C-J)

 Artist Mark Priest sits next to his charcoal, acrylic and ink painting titled "The Linear Meteor Shower". The painting is one of many pieces being displayed in his 2015 Underground Railroad: "The Narrative of Frederick Douglas" series at the University of Louisville's Hite Art Institue Cressman Center Gallery.  February 8, 2015. (Matt Herp/ Special to the C-J)

Artist Mark Priest poses next his acrylic on canvas painting titled: "Building Stewart's Canal". The piece is one of many being displayed at the University of Louisville's Schneider Hall Gallery apart of his  2015 Underground Railroad: "The Life of a Freedom Seeker" artwork series .  February 8, 2015.
(Matt Herp/ Special to the C-J)