151053818Mattie Lou O'Kelley19081997MattieO'Kelleyhttps://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/2071/fullMattie Lou O'Kelley was raised on a Georgia farm and received no education beyond some time in high school. Although Ms. O'kelley writes that she always had an interest in painting, it was not until 1950 that she seriously began to paint for her own pleasure, recalling in her canvases, her own experience of growing up in rural Georgia and the daily life of Georgia farm country. She developed a style of filling areas of colors with dots, similar to the pointillism and her canvases typically vibrate with layers of color built up using this technique. Of her use of this technique, Mattie Lou writes, " I'm the only artist in the whle world who paints with dots. My dot pictures are all mine." In 1984, she was chosen to create an original limited edition print to be presented to winners of the Business in Arts Award for 1984. (1908–1997)West Palm BeachNew YorkDecaturMaysvilleWest Palm BeachNew YorkDecaturMaysvilleWest Palm BeachNew YorkDecaturMaysvilleMattie Lou O'Kelley