JACKSON, Miss.—Reshonda Perryman has been creating art ever since she was strong enough to grip a crayon in her hand.
“I have pictures as young as 2 of me just drawing and coloring on the floor,” she told the Mississippi Free Press on Aug. 1 at the unveiling of new murals honoring slain civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers at a library in Jackson, Mississippi.
“I just had a big imagination, and my parents just let me do my thing, and it turned into this,” she continued, radiating with pride.
The Fayette, Mississippi, native’s big imagination and her parents’ unwavering support manifested into a more than 20-year career in the creative arts. She has lent her artistic talents to organizations like Visit Jackson and the Mississippi NAACP, and her work can be seen at sites like the Smith Robertson Museum and her alma mater, Jackson State University…