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Minnie Evans
Minnie Evans was born in North Carolina on December 1, 1892. She is one of America's great unique visionary folk artists, compelled as she was by spirits to record her dreams and visions since the age of 52, when on Good Friday in 1935 a voice said to her "Draw or die." But Minnie was no stranger to seeing what no else could see, and this drawing of an elephant creature is a tribute to her first vision as a child. She stared at the moon seeing 3 bright elephants circling on a ring, and when the other children laughed at this her mother said "Let that child alone. God has showed something He hasn't showed to you or me or nobody else." Said Minnie later of the drawing, "There's my green animal... he's in the Garden of Eden. God has put him there but hasn't put him on Earth so man can see them."

Minnie worked as gatekeeper at the Airlie botanical gardens in Wilmington, North Carolina, for over 25 years. This Eden setting worked well for her to develop her inspirations from God into the scenes for which she is known: distinctive totem-like landscapes of eyes, plants, animals, people, and angels blending together. She said "I have dreams of the thing, and I feel God gave me this mission to do this." Her first art exhibit was not until 1961, and she passed in 1987, leaving behind a large and highly collectible body of work.


[ref. (1) "Company of Prophets: African American Psychics, Healers, and Visionaries" by Joyce Elaine Noll, 1991 Llewellyn Publications, (2) http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/evans_minnie.html

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