https://msartistsguild.org/ Mississippi Artists' Guild blog posts Mississippi Artists&#39; Guild Wild Apricot - membership management software and more en Thu, 10 Sep 2026 01:43:17 GMT Thu, 10 Sep 2026 01:43:17 GMT Tue, 04 Sep 2018 13:00:13 GMT <p>MAG members are looking forward to hearing Wyatt Waters at the September 4, 2018 meeting.&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="">Wyatt Waters, one of Mississippi's favorite artists, is widely known for his watercolor paintings of Southern culture and the roadside South. &nbsp;</span></p> <p><font color="#140F11" face="Lato, sans-serif">He was born in Brookhaven and graduated from Mississippi College with a bachelors degree in art and a minor in English. &nbsp;He originally wanted to be a teacher but became more interested in painting.</font><br> <br> <font color="#140F11" face="Lato, sans-serif">He mostly works outside to get the real experience of art, away from the digitalized world we live in. &nbsp;He says that as a for of free expression, his paintings are like his diary. &nbsp;He credits the painting of John Singer Sargent as his most influential.</font><br> <br> <font color="#140F11" face="Lato, sans-serif">He owns and operates the Wyatt Waters Gallery in Clinton. &nbsp;He has collaborated with Robert St. John on four books, including their most recent, A MISSISSIPPI PALATE. He lives with his dog James in Clinton.</font><br></p> https://msartistsguild.org/news/6411221 https://msartistsguild.org/news/6411221 Webmaster