Eccentric Lexington artist and poet Henry Faulkner with one of his paintings on March 30, 1977. Faulkner, a close friend of Tennessee Williams, was born in Eastern Kentucky in 1924. He moved to Lexington in 1956 and became well known for both his critically acclaimed paintings and his flamboyant lifestyle. Faulkner died in 1981. Photo by John C. Wyatt | Staff