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This is a painting of my uncle, my daddy's twin. My reference for the painting was an old black and white photo, about 2 x 3. The photo was probably taken in 1942 or '43. Cotton sales had bottomed, and my grandfather couldn't sell the cotton that the family had raised. So he drove his team of mules, pulling a wagon, to the cotton gin and brought the cotton back home. That's the reason a bale of cotton was sitting beneath a tree on the farm. Uncle Morris (pictured) went to business college after graduating from high school, which is why he's not dressed in farm clothes.

As a toddler, I sat underneath quilts in large frames as my mother, grandmothers, and their friends created delicate, feathery patterns with their stitches. Gazing up at the “stained glass” fabric, I watched them push their tiny quilting needles through the layers of muslin, cottony batting, and colorful squares. That is my earliest memory of beautiful art. Following their lead, I grew up sewing and quilting, and many years later, I began to explore drawing and painting, studying under the guidance of Susan Truex. I enjoy painting images of people and things that are important to me, whether it’s a still life of eggs or rusty heaps, portraits of family and friends, or landscapes of lush fields or dark alley ways. I am fascinated by...