Uncle Jack Dey

John William "Uncle Jack" Dey (November 11, 1912 – October 10, 1978) was an American self-taught artiste who lived and worked primarily in Virginia. Before he began painting, he worked as a trapper, fisherman, lumberjack, barber, and police officer. Dey was a favorite among the neighborhood children, whose toys and bicycles he fixed, and they dotingly nicknamed him "Uncle Jack".