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The first thing I remember is moving to my home in Florence, MS. My father moved us there from Amory to take a coaching position with the high school. after moving into our new house, I remember my mother crying over how terrible the kitchen looked. I walked with her to the Western Auto store where she bought some cans of paint. She flattened and tacked tin cans to the kitchen floor, where there were holes, and gave me a brush. We stood over the floor splattering different colored paint on the old floor to create faux linoleum.I claimed the naugehyde-covered wooden desk in the family room as my own. It was turned away from the TV and directly behind my father's chair. The desk was full of useless stationary that had been left behind by the school's old couch. I was happy now that I had something I wouldn't get in trouble for drawing on, and I drew continuously as my father watched television behind me."Miss Rose" Taylor read stories to us in a class at the community center. The classes has an artistic slant given Mrs. Taylor's interest in art. She would illustrate the characters she was reading about. Afterwards, we would draw pictures about the story. I loved that. When first grade was ready to begin, my mother asked "Miss Rose" to teach me private art lessons. We stood at her back door in the rain and she told me she has never taught art and she felt she couldn't do it. So, we went home and a few minutes later she called and said she would try.Mrs. Rose gave my most important education and it continued til junior high. She taught me, more then anything else, a love for art; and she always told me I would be an artist and have a studio and that was I thought I would do. In the second grade, I developed Chicken Pox that soon led to a Staph infection and a trip to thehospital . Bed rest and more drawing followed. I couldn't do anything els , but sit in bed. I was glad I could draw. My younger brother, Joel, was burned severely as a two year old child. My older brother, Jim, and I were sent to live with my grandmother at the University of Southern Mississippi when I was in second grade. She was a dorm mother. For several months, we lived in a storage room on the ground level of the dorm. We didn't attend school while there, but did my second grade workbook assignments instead. I drew a lot and played around campus with my brother. The college girls would take us to the movies and the goofy golf and generally just spoiled us. In school, drawing and daydreaming were my favorite pastimes. I used drawing as a problem-solving tool and a place to dream. I had a best friend who would collaborate with me on inventions, cartoons, and ideas that I would visualize on paper. It was a teamwork type of friendship that continued through my high school years. In the 6th grade, I broke my leg playing football, and had to attend school in a wheelchair. I learned to play the gutiar at that time. I didn't have a guitar, but I made a photocopy of an instruction book. I drew frets and strings on a piece of cardboard. I knew the chord forms, before I had ever heard them. In my junior high school years, I played in a band with the same friend. We wrote and sang songs. In the tenth grade, I moved to Clinton, MS. My high school years were generally uneventful. After graduating, I enrolled at Mississippi College where Dr. Gore gave me the encouragement I needed to study art. I stayed in the art department most of the time. I graduated with a BA in Art and a minor in Engligh. I received the Belleman award for Art and creative writing. I returned there to graduate school and eventually received my masters. I began selling paintings in college at flea markets and art fairs on the weekends. I would do 15-minute pencil portraits of people. I placed my paintings in a stack behind me to show to interested people. I still have clients from those days. I met museum and gallery directors. Working on location became the way for me. I was always taught to work from life, and it turned into a valuable promotional thing as well. My past shyness was broken down by having to deal with people directly. I also had models who paid me. My drawing skills improved and I didn't charge much, $7.50 for a 15 minute sitting, for 6 hours at a time. So I had money to paint during the rest of the week as well. I met and married Vicki Little in graduate school. I got a job at a local print house and worked there for a while. I would work, save money, quit and paint. I'd paint until I ran out of money, get another job, and the cycle would begin again. I worked jobs as a department store window designer and as a t-shirt designer, and any job I could get that was art related. I had friends who got jobs in fields outside of their interest and they never got back to their passion. Some employers would criticize me. They told me I was a quitter for doing this, but they were just temporary jobs in my eyes. I always knew my real job was painting. Theo Inman hired me as an artist in residence for Lauderdale County. At that time, she was the director of the artist in schools programs for the Mississippi Art Commission. Vicki and I were newly-weds and we worked to save money that year. We moved back for me to start painting and for her to open a vintage clothing store in Jackson, MS. I went around to galleries and was met with the same response, " No one knows who you are." So I began working in the center of the capital city. At that time, the downtown area was going through a big change. Buildings were being torn down and many of Jackson's landmarks of personality were vanashing. I met alot of people, curious onlookers. Some people thought I was homeless. I sold paintings on the streets and was finally able to gain greater exposure. When a large bank had a cencellation of a show in the lobby, I was asked to exhibit the paintings i had accumulated. After that, I developed a new focus on my painting. I began tworking ahead of the wrecking ball as it was tearing down the city I remembered. I found representation in agallery in Jackson and continued there for 18 shows. Things began to change in 1986, when my daughter, Crimson, was born. She has been the inspiration for me. Crimson runs our gallery today. I began building a studio behind our home. At one point in my career, I changed my direction from a more studio/photo-derivative approach, to a strict on-location colorist approach. I lost collectors, but eventually gained more. I try to always remember that part of my life. It taught me to not doubt my feelings and to trust my instincts. The Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson, MS and the Lauren Rodgers Museum of Art in Laurel, MS have hosted solo shows of my work. I currently show at Wyatt Waters Gallery in Olde Towne Clnton. I also travel, teaching watercolor workshops throughout the southeast and conducted severel Caribbean teaching trips. Several books of my paintings have been published throughout the South and I have illustrated other books as well. I was chosen to do the commemorative poster for both the Jubilie Jam festival in Jackson, the 1999 Mississippi on the Mall Picnic in Washington D.C., and the 2009 Mississippi Picnic in New York. I am past, present, and signature member of the Mississippi Watercolor Society. My work has been featured in numerous magazine articles, including American Artist Special Watercolor Issues, Art & Antiques, Mississippi Magazine, Portico, and Delta. I have also worked on promotional projects for McRaes & Parisian Stores, Texaco, and Standard Oil. My work is held in a large number of corporate collections. I received the Mississippi Library apecial art award for a Southern Palate in 2003. I was also presented the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award in 2006 for An Oxford Sketchbook, Mississippi College's Alumni of the year in 2003; 2004,and 2005 Best Jackson's Best Artist Award; 2009 Mississippi Mainstreet Merchant of the Year for Wyatt Waters Gallery, and honored with the 2010 Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. I have continued to work on location throughout my career; painting the life I know and the places I live. I initially worked on location for impressionistic effects; but, after pushing my physical eyes, other types of seeing began to emerge and a more expressive color resulted. Painting exists for me as a method of purifying my own experience of a subject and extending the interaction between subject and observer. My paintings serve as a recording of my experience with the subject only captured on location. If I could take a cphotograph, that would be satisfactory to myself for painting, I would certianly be a photographer, rather than a watercolorist. Observed-color is the foundation of my color choices and the basis from which I derive the magnifield hues of a scene. I now paint not because I know how to paint, but as a way of discovering what I do not know. Painting exists for me as a method by which I may embrace and explore the mystery of everyday life and situation.
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Horse Apples

(11" x 16" ) Still life

$1500
A Tale of Two Stories

(15" x 22" ) Vicksburg, MS

$2100
Trash Day

(11" x 15")

$1500
Hung Out to Dry

( 11" x 15" )

$1500
Two Lips are Better than One

( 11" x 15" ) Belhaven / Jackson, MS

$1500
What Goes Around

( 11" x 15" ) Watercolor, FL

$1500
Swing both Ways

( 15" x 15" ) Raymond, MS

$1950
Little Pictures have Big Ears

( 7.5" x 11" )

$850
Destination

( 15" x 22" ) Destin, FL

$2100
(11" x 15")

$1500

Spring Fever

(11" x 15")

$0

Old Capitol

(15" x 15" ) Jackson, MS

$1950

Water Melon

(11" x 15")

$0

Easy Ride

(11" x 15" )

$1500

Up a Tree

(11" x 15")

$1500

NOLA

(11" x 15") New Orleans, LA

$0

(11" x 15") Oxford, MS

$1500

(15" x 15")

$1950

One Two Tree

(11" x 15")

$0

Clear with a Chance of Rain

(11" x 15")

$1500

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Up Up and Away

Natchez, MS (image size: 12" x 18")

$100

Fireflies

$150

Calvary Baptist Church

Jackson, MS

$120

Turning a Corner

Downtown / Jackson, MS (image size: 18.5" x 14")

$100

The Buck Stops Here

(image size: 11" x 11")

$120

Market Share

$100

Learning by Ample Eggs

Published in the cookbook, "A Southern Palate". (image size: 12" x 18")

$150

100% Cotton

Greenwood, MS (image size: 14" x 18.5")

$100

Study Habits

The Grove/ Oxford, MS (image size: 18.5" x 12")

$150

To Everything Churn Churn..

Published in the cookbook, "Southern Seasons" (image size: 11" x 11")

$120

Capitol Street

Downtown / Jackson, MS

$300

All the News

Downtown / Jackson, MS (image size: 6.5" x 9.5")

$50

Lampton Auditorium

Brookhaven, MS (image size: 12.5" x 18.5")

$100

Open the Door and See All..

"Open the Door and See All the People." Hattiesburg, MS (image size:11" x 11")

$120

Passing Time

Mississippi College, Nelson Hall Clinton, MS (image size: 11" x 10.5")

$120

Monkey Island

The Jackson Zoo Jackson, MS (image size: 14" x 18.5"

$100

Choose Wisely

Mynelle Garden Jackson, MS (image size: 14" x 18.5")

$100

Natchez Under the Hill

Natchez, MS (image size: 6" x 9")

$50

Happy Hollow

Neshoba County Fair Philadelphia, MS (image size: 12.5" x 17")

$100

Last Minute Gifts

Oxford, MS (image size: 18.5" x 12")

$150

Okey Doaks

Grenada, MS (image size: 12" x 18.5")

$100

Banking Hours

The Jackson Reservoir (image size: 14" x 18.5")

$100

Double Crossed

Sherod, MS (image size: 18.5" x 12.5")

$100

Southern Seasons

Published on the cover of the cookbook, "Southern Seasons" (image size: 12" x 18")

$150

All Ashore

Biloxi, MS ("SS CAMILLE") (image size: 12.5" x 18.5")

$100

St. Antiquities

St. Andrews Episcopal Church Downtown/ Jackson, MS (image size: 14" x 18.5")

$100

Taylor Grocery

Taylor, MS

$150

Tea for Two

Published in the cookbook, "Southern Seasons" (image size: 11" x 11")

$120

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Another Coat of Paint

$0

Painting Home

Autographed

$45

An Oxford Sketchbook

Autographed

$27.5

Southern Seasons Cookbook

Autographed

$34.95

A Southern Palate Cookbook

$0

The Year of The Stars

Autographed

$17.95

Christmas Stories

Autographed

$28

Christmas Memories

$0

A Dixie Christmas

Autographed

$15.95

A Very Southern Christmas

Autographed

$15.95

Christmas in the South

Autographed

$15.95

Keychains

Cocktail Shaker by Kikkerland

$24.99

Crayon Rings by Kikkerland

$6.99

Rock em' Sock em' Robot Rings

1 pair

$10.99

Ballpoint Paint Tube Pens

set of 4

$6.99

Keychain- "High Notes"

$8

Keychain-"Peace of Watermelon"

$8

Keychain- Baseball

$8

Keychain- Motorcycle

$8

Ceramic mug- Flamingo print

$12

Ceramic mug- Colorwheel

$12

Ceramic mug- "Peace of Waterm"

$12

Ceramic mug- "Papaw's mug"

$12

Earrings-"Peace of Watermelon"

$0

Earrings- Owl

$0

Earrings- Shrimp Martini

$0

Earrings- Flamingo

$0

Ring- Colorwheel

$30

Ring- "Peace of Watermelon"

$30

Ring- Owl

$30

Ring- Shrimp Martini

$30

Ring- Flamingo

$30

Ring- Beach

$30

Mousepad- "Study Habits"

$10

Mousepad- "Monkey Island"

$10

Mousepad- "Nola Apartment"

$10

Mousepad- Jamaica

$10

Mousepad- Olde Towne Clinton

$10

Mousepad- Neshoba County Fair

$10

Mousepad- Rock em' Sock em'

$10

Mousepad- "Bully"

$10

Mousepad- Money

$10

Mousepad- Oxford Square

$10

Mousepad-"Peace of Watermelon"

$10

Mousepad- Cupcakes

$10

Coffee Mugs

Square Books

$10

Saturday Morning

$10

Gardenias

$10

New Orleans

$10

Olde Towne

$10

Sunflowers

$10

Donuts

$10

Flamingos

$10

Many Happy Returns

$10

Clouds

$10

Blue Crabs

$10

Supplies

$10

Jamaica

$10

Mousepads

Crimson

$10

Neshoba County Fair

$10

Vegetables

$0

Gardenias

$10

Rock m' Sock m'

$10

Monkey Island

$10

Olde Towne

$10

New Orleans

$10

Robert Johnson

$10

Jamaica

$10

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Peace of Watermelon

Peace of Watermelon Adjustable.

$30

Colorwheel

Colorwheel. Adjustable.

$30

Peace of Watermelon earrings

$0

Owl earrings

$12

Shrimp Martini earrings

$12

Flamingo earrings

$12

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Christmas

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Sunflower

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Clouds

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Gardenia

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Oxford Square

$10

Waffle

$10

Blue Crabs

$10

Olde Towne

$10

Jamaica

$10

Monkey Island

$10

New Orleans

$10

Shipley's

$10

Paint Pallet

$10

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