Bare Walnut Branches in Winter, Young Harris, Georgia, I

charcoal & acrylic on canvas

24” x 24”

2019

“Bare Walnut Branches in Winter, Young Harris, GA, I” is pared with Milepost 5: High On A Mountain.

(Excerpt)

Much of my creative inspiration is born from the contrast between my two homes, Natchez and Atlanta. As someone who has lived many years in both places now, I often feel as though I exist in the space defined by their differences because I am of both. I see both. I understand both.

Their differences excite me because they beg the question, “What’s Southern? And who decides?”