Spirit of the Delta : the art of Carolyn Norris / Dorothy Sample Shawhan ; with an essay by Patti Carr Black ; featuring an interview with the artist by Tom Rankin ; photographs by Kim Rushing.
Raised in West Virginia, self-taught artist Carolyn Norris (b. 1948) moved as a young woman of twenty-one to Cleveland, Mississippi, a quintessential Delta railroad town on the famous blues Highway 61. To create one of her first paintings, she tore the wooden back off a dresser to use as a canvas. S...
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Main Author: |
Shawhan, Dorothy
(Author) |
Other Authors: |
Norris, Carolyn, 1948-,
Black, Patti Carr,
Rankin, Tom,
Rushing, Kim |
Format: | eBook
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Language: | English |
Published: |
Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
©2011.
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Online Access: | Click for online access
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