Kermit Oliver is a member of the Postal Workers (APWU) and lives and works in Waco, Texas. He works the overnight shift sorting mail, then goes home and spends the rest of his waking hours painting. Then, he gets up and does it all again. Many people have creative hobbies when they get home from work. Oliver, though, is different. He is the only American whose works have been used to create exclusive scarves for Hermès. They sell for $410 each and sell out within hours. 

Oliver creates what he calls "painted collages." His work first came to the attention of Hermès then-CEO Jean-Louis Dumas in the 1980s, and the mild-mannered postal worker has since created 16 designs for the company, which is one of the most highly regarded in the fashion industry. Oliver creates other works, too, including paintings that have sold for as much as $70,000. Texas Monthly has an in-depth profile of the artist and union member.

A gallery of the works of Kermit Oliver.