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Welcome to Creating Art While Exploring the Mississippi Hills - A Blog

As a Mississippi artist who often draws and paints landscapes and historical structures, it is a real advantage to live in the Mississippi Hills.  This area of Mississippi has a myriad of interesting subjects tied to notable buildings or structures, history, literature, African heritage, music, the Civil War, local festivals and events, civil rights, native American culture and notable individuals like Elvis Presley, William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, and Tammy Wynette.  I plan to explore this region, comment on it in this blog, and share my adventures and my creations which will result.  I would like to invite you to come along with me. 

Creating Art While Exploring the Mississippi Hills

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Murals in the towns of the Mississippi Hills

September 9 ,2026 Here are a few murals we discovered on a recent trip to Amory, Mississippi.  The bride in the mural is a prominent feature in Amory since Amory...

Murals in the towns of the Mississippi Hills

September 9 ,2026 Here are a few murals we discovered on a recent trip to Amory, Mississippi.  The bride in the mural is a prominent feature in Amory since Amory...

The Amory Regional Museum

The Amory Regional Museum

Sandy and I discovered this jewel of a museum on a recent trip to Amory, Mississippi. The Armory Regional Museum, which was originally the Gilmore Sanitarium, opened in 1976 after...

The Amory Regional Museum

Sandy and I discovered this jewel of a museum on a recent trip to Amory, Mississippi. The Armory Regional Museum, which was originally the Gilmore Sanitarium, opened in 1976 after...

A trip to Kosciusko, Mississippi

A trip to Kosciusko, Mississippi

Sandy and I took a trip to Kosciusko, Mississippi, which is located on the southern border of the Mississippi Hills and sits along the Natchez Trace Parkway. Kosciusko is known...

A trip to Kosciusko, Mississippi

Sandy and I took a trip to Kosciusko, Mississippi, which is located on the southern border of the Mississippi Hills and sits along the Natchez Trace Parkway. Kosciusko is known...

A trip to New Albany, Mississippi

A trip to New Albany, Mississippi

My wife, Sandy, grew up in New Albany, Indiana so it was surprising to find New Albany, Mississippi just an hour or so north of Oxford.  We recently went on...

A trip to New Albany, Mississippi

My wife, Sandy, grew up in New Albany, Indiana so it was surprising to find New Albany, Mississippi just an hour or so north of Oxford.  We recently went on...

Starting the Journey Through The Mississippi Hills

To begin my discovery of the Hills, I turned to a very important and rich resource, the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area Alliance.   According to their website information, the Mississippi Hills...

Starting the Journey Through The Mississippi Hills

To begin my discovery of the Hills, I turned to a very important and rich resource, the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area Alliance.   According to their website information, the Mississippi Hills...