More than an Asset Limited Edition Print
More than an Asset Limited Edition Print
More Than an Asset limited-edition, signed and numbered prints by Jennifer Drinkwater.
Edition of 100. Each piece is printed on high-quality Hahnemuhle photo rag paper measuring 10" H x 10" W that includes a 1.5" white border suitable for matting and framing. Please allow four weeks for shipping and handling.
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Please note: print does not come matted or framed.
Twenty percent of profits support the Mississippi Christian Family Services, an organization “chartered for providing family services with special concern for the distressed, underprivileged, and developmentally disabled in Sharkey County. Membership is open to all who subscribe to the purpose of the organization. A local bi-racial Board of Directors directs the program and a local bi-racial Advisory Committee function in an advisory capacity.”
The community story that inspired More Than an Asset…
In early November 2019, I spent a lovely afternoon with Julia Rodgers Clark and Drick Rodgers, a father-daughter farming duo, on their family farm outside of Rolling Fork in Sharkey County, Mississippi. I loved on horses, rode in a cotton picker, peeked into Mont Helena, and listened to remarkable family stories and histories.
When I asked Drick and Julia what words came to mind when they consider their farm, “home” was the clear winner. Drick also mentioned that their place is so much more than an asset to him, and, in true Southern form, later told a story that illustrated, for me, what he meant.
Years back, Drick dotted a few fields with prairie strips to serve as bird habitat for duck hunting. Time passes. The birds come. He shoots exactly one duck, hangs up his gun, and says to himself “that’s not why I did this.” Instead, the strips act as tiny wildlife refuges amidst the cotton, corn, and soy fields.