Continuing the Art of Play
October 19, 2022

Artist: Minnie Evans

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Minnie Evans, born Minnie Eva Jones, was a “visionary” artist whose work was inspired by God when she was in her fifties; she was born in 1892 in Long Creek, North Carolina. Minnie’s African American ancestry traces back from Trinidad, where great grandmother’s great-grandmother was a slave.

Art & Design

Warm-up + Projects:

Minnie Evans began her visionary pursuit of drawing (commanded by the voice of God). She is most recognized for images of faces and florals that resonate in a peaceful and harmonious composition. Her many drawings began on notebook pages building on a symmetrical design.

Let’s take this warm-up time to create a small work inspired by Evans which may grow into your final project.

Suggested Materials:
- crayons
- colored pencils
- markers
- oil pastels

Woman as Symmetrical Insect Creature,
ca. 1945 Skot Foreman Fine Art

Four Faces, created: 1945

Untitled (horse head), ca. 1960

Untitled (Faces), 1947

Untitled (figures and foliage) c. 1946

Minnie Evans, Untitled, 1967, (1946, 1958, 1960, 1962), Graphite, oil, waxed crayon and collage on canvas board, 21 x 26 ½ inches

Untitled (starry sky and religious figures), 1960, 63,66

The Tree of Life, 1962
colored pencil on paper
11 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (30.2 x 22.5 cm.)

Floral Design. c. 1965
oil and paint on paper
9 x 12 in. (22.9 x 30.5 cm.)

“Untitled” (1963)

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