This video profiles Frederick Brown, one of America's most prolific expressionist painters, whose Soho loft studio in New York served as a gathering place for artists, musicians, writers, dancers, and other creative personalities during the Sixties and Seventies. Brown's mural portraits, which combine his interest in African American and Native American culture, primitive folk art, and European religious art, are noted for a distinctly bold style that bridges cultures and honors the human spirit. His works are in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art, and the White House. The video features comments by longtime colleagues about the artist, his colorful and forceful personality, and his famous studio, plus footage recorded over a 30-year period of Brown at work on various paintings and preparing major exhibitions.