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Portraits of Southern Artists
Jerry Siegel
Sculptor Bill Beckwith established Mississippi’s first commercial bronze foundry
(Taylor, Mississippi)
(Taylor, Mississippi)
Jerry Siegel
William Eggleston helped legitimize the use of color photography as a medium of fine art
(Memphis, TN)
(Memphis, TN)
Jerry Siegel
Linda Fantuzzo is known for her inspired imagery of landscapes and still life
(Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina)
(Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina)
Jerry Siegel
Jonathan Green’s brilliantly colored paintings reflect his upbringing in the South Carolina Lowcountry
(Daniel Island, South Carolina)
(Daniel Island, South Carolina)
Jerry Siegel
LV Hull was a self-taught artist and a lively storyteller who used her house and yard as a canvas
(Kosciusko, Mississippi)
(Kosciusko, Mississippi)
Jerry Siegel
Comer Jennings has received more than 750 portrait commissions during his career
(Atlanta, Georgia)
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Jerry Siegel
Amy Pleasant relies on free association to create her paintings and drawings
(Birmingham, Alabama)
(Birmingham, Alabama)
Jerry Siegel
Robert “Bob” Tannen is a conceptual artist and urban planner whose portfolio includes everything from monuments to modular houses
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
Jerry Siegel
The son of sharecroppers, self-taught painter Mose Tolliver passed away in 2006
(Montgomery, Alabama)
(Montgomery, Alabama)
Jerry Siegel
Batik painter Leo Twiggs developed the Fine Art Department at South Carolina State University in Columbia
(Orangeburg, SC)
(Orangeburg, SC)
Jerry Siegel
Mahaffey White is a mixed media artist who expressed herself in fashion and jewelry design, photography, painting, and pottery
(Memphis, Tennessee)
(Memphis, Tennessee)
Jerry Siegel
Hugh Williams weaves salvaged metal and found materials into wire drawings
(Auburn, Alabama)
(Auburn, Alabama)
Jerry Siegel
Kathryn Tucker Windham was a celebrated journalist, photographer, historian, and storyteller who counted Harper Lee as a close friend
(Selma, Alabama)
(Selma, Alabama)
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Realist painter Bo Bartlett
(Columbus, Georgia)
(Columbus, Georgia)
Alabama photographer Jerry Siegel has made it his mission to capture Southern painters, potters, photographers, sculptors, and mixed-media visionaries on film.
The result is Facing South: Portraits of Southern Artists (University of Alabama Press), a new book that celebrates 100 people whose work has come to define the genre of Southern art in all its variety.











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