A native of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, I have had a life-long passion for art and the arts. As a young girl of 10 or 11 yrs, I began to take art classes sponsored by the Biloxi Art Association on Saturday mornings at the Biloxi Art Gallery. The gallery was located in a carriage house at the back of the property known as the Baldwin-Wood Estate. Located on Highway 90 overlooking the Mississippi Sound and Deer Island, the property featured a beautiful Ante-Bellum home turned into tourist attraction known as the 'House of Treasures.' At the Southern edge of the property, nestled among several...more
