If you’ve ever spent time in the Mississippi Delta, you likely noticed, among other things, the presence of tamales on nearly every menu and tamale stands in most towns. Sometimes literally driving down the highway.

art collection, creativity, process, painting, MississippiJennifer DrinkwaterSeptember 25, 2024blog Comment

Seed Savers: Evolution of a Painting

I garden because my mother gardens.

My mother gardens because her father gardened, and his people gardened, and their people gardened.

We come from a long line of east Mississippi dirt farmers.

art collection, creativity, community, Iowa, process, paintingJennifer DrinkwaterJuly 11, 2024blog Comments

The Book Vault: Evolution of a Painting

Get a peek at the inspiration behind and the unfolding of The Book Vault, the first painting of 2024…

art collection, creativity, community, artist insight, painting, process, IowaJennifer DrinkwaterJanuary 21, 2024blog Comments

Woodhaven Amphitheater

Allison and Andy McGuire, two theatre-makers at the George Daily Community Auditorium, zipped me over to this magical spot in their golf cart during a tour of the town.

Here’s the run down of what they shared with me.

art collection, ABCD, community, paintingJennifer DrinkwaterOctober 21, 2023blogComment

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