Drawing, "Untitled"
Artist: Minnie Evans
Location: Pender County
Materials: Colored wax crayons and colored pencils
Painted Date: 1948
About the Artwork
Minnie Evans’s semiabstract drawings and paintings were influenced by her dreams and religion, as well as flowers at the Airlie Gardens in Wilmington, where she was a gatekeeper.
Her drawings included:
- Flora
- Fauna
- Angels
- Christ
- Otherworldly beings
- Spiritual creatures
About the Artist
Minnie Evans was a visionary folk artist from the Wilmington area. She grew up in Pender and New Hanover Counties. Evans began drawing spirals and crosses on a grocery list in 1935 after her grandmother’s death. Her work was deeply inspired by her faith, and she believed that her talent was given by God. Evans sold her work to visitors at the Airlie Gardens, where she worked, and gained widespread acclaim before her death in 1987.