Americas Sweetheart of FolkArt and Suthernality

SUTHERN ACCENTS BY JESSIE LAVON P.O.BOX 157 DEMOPOLIS ALABAMA 36732 

suthernaccentsfolkart@yahoo.com 

334-289-9067 or 289-5266

SUTHERN ACCENTS FOLK ART BY JESSIE LAVON *
CREATOR OF SUTHERNALITY, A NEW AND EXCITING STYLE OF FOLK ART BY AWARD WINNING, INTERNATIONAL ARTIST JESSIE LAVON.
WEATHER YOU ARE VIEWING JESSIE'S ART FOR THE FIRST TIME OR THE 100th,YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF FASCINATED AND CHARMED BY EACH PAINTING.

 YOU WILL FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO VIEW HER ART IN A SINGLE GLANCE BECAUSE OF JESSIE'S USE OF COLOR, STYLE AND THE HUMOR IN HER ART. WITH EACH PAINTING A STORY IS BEING TOLD ABOUT HER AND HER AND A WAY OF LIFE . IT IS BEING TOLD IN A NEW WAY FROM HOW SO MANY OTHER FOLK ARTIST TELL THEIR PAINTING STORIES. JESSIE'S ART IS HER HERITAGE AND A WAY OF LIFE THAT CAN NOW ONLY BE SEEN IN BOOKS AND HER PAINTINGS. 

JESSIE'S ART REFLECTS THE LIFE STYLE AND MEMORIES SHE NEW AS A YOUNGIN GROWING UP.  SHE DOES SO WITH TRUTH AND EXCITEMENT THAT BRINGS A FRESHNESS THAT CANNOT BE SEEN IN ANY OTHER ART. 

AS A YOUNGIN HER GRANDMOTHER MADE CANVASES FOR HER BY BOILING RABBIT BONES IN WATER THEN DIPPING PIECES OF CLOTH IN THE MIXTURE. JESSIE'S PAINTS WERE MADE WITH MUD, FLOWERS, COFFEE GROUND AND ANYTHING ELSE THEY COULD FIND TO MAKE PAINT. SOME OF THE CLOTHING PATTERNS THAT JESSIE USES IN HER ART ARE TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL CLOTH FEED SACKS THAT HER GRANDMOTHER USED TO MAKE HER YOUNGIN'S CLOTHING.
THE SNAKE TREE CAN ONLY BE SEEN IN JESSIE'S PAINTINGS AND IS NOW HER TRADEMARK IN MANY OF HER PAINTINGS.
JESSIE'S ART IS IN GALLERY'S THRU OUT THE USA, CANADA AND ENGLAND AS WELL AS IN MUSEUMS AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS. IN JANUNARY OF 2002 JESSIE'S ART WAS SHOWN WITH "GRANDMA MOSES IN THE 21st CENTURY SHOW "  AT THE HUNTSVILLE MUSEUM. JESSIE'S ART IS NOW LICENSED WITH THE GREEN APPLE CROSS STITCH COMPANY. TO ORDER JESSIE'S CROSSTITCH PATTERNS PLEASE CALL GREEN APPLE AT 1-800--845-0641(PATTERNS CAN BE SEEN AT JESSIE'S WEB SITE.) JESSIE'S BOOK SUTHERN ACCENTS IS BEING PUBLISHED BY 1st BOOKS PUBLISHERS AND CAN BE ORDERED AT 1-800-839-8640. THE BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF RECIPES, SUTHERNALITY, A STORY OF HER CHILDHOOD DAYS ON THE FARM AND HER ART. SO COME AND TRAVEL THE ROAD BACK WHERE THE LATE AFTERNOON DRIFTS INTO LONG SHADOWS AND WHERE MEMORIES ARE MADE TO LAST A LIFETIME.