Approximately one month after Aaron began carving and displaying his work in his front yard, Stuart R. Purser, a professor of art at the University of Florida, stumbled upon his work. He arranged a visit with the artist and was quickly taken by Aaron's prowess. In October 1968, Purser organized Aaron's first solo exhibition at the University of Florida. Two years later, with the attention of University of Florida art historian and curator Roy Craven, Aaron had another gallery opening at the university. As Craven recalls, the gallery opened at 1:00 pm and all of Aaron's work was sold by 2:30 pm.
