Chesley Pearman

I was born 4th generation in The Mississippi Delta into a family that encouraged me from childhood to pursue writing, music, and painting. I abandoned painting - for the most part - as a teen, only returning to it occasionally over most of my life.
Encouraged by Delta artist Duff Durrough, I returned to The Delta and painting some years ago to study with Duff, Sammy Britt, and Gerald Deloach.
All painting is experimentation to me, and I wouldn’t necessarily call my painting any style. I’ve had many influences, ranging from writers and poets to musicians and classical painters as well as more contemporary painters, photographers, and filmmakers.
The most important influence on me has been The South, Mississippi, The Delta - its places and people.

Hiter's Field

15×19 framed (image 9×12) oil on paper $350

Fox Bayou

24×19 framed (image 19×14.5) oil on paper $695

Mississippi River I

15×19 framed (image 7.5×9.5) oil on paper $250

Point on Mississippi River

15×19 framed (image 9.5×13) oil on paper $325

Shaw, MS Mound

18×18 framed (image 12×12) oil on board $500

Curve in the Levee

13×13 framed (image 6×6) oil on paper $175

Delta Evening

12×15 framed (image 7.75×9.5) oil on paper $250

Mississippi River Afternoon

13×13 framed (image6×6) oil on paper $250

Mississippi River, Rosedale

12×15 framed (image 7.5×9.5) oil on paper $250

Sunflower River Dusk

12×15 framed (image 7.5×9.5) oil on paper $195

Sunflower River Evening

13×13 framed (image 8×8) oil on paper $225

Sunflower River Winery

15×12 framed (image 9.75×7.75) oil on paper $250

John Meek's House

17.5×21.25 framed (image 10.5×13.5) oil on paper $425

Country Road

24×30 gallery wrapped canvas $1395

Beulah Lake

22×28 oil on gallery wrapped canvas $1295

Sunrise

22×28 gallery wrapped canvas $1295

Cloudy Delta

13.5×17.5 framed (image 12×16) oil on panel $525

Late Evening, Merigold, MS

13.5×17.5 framed (image 12×16) oil on panel $525

Porter Bayou, Mississippi Delta

16.5×20.5 framed (image 12×16 oil on panel $525

From the Chute to the River

13.5×17.5 framed (image 9.75×7.75) oil on panel $525

Evening on the Mississippi

12×15 framed (image 9×12) oil on paper $275

Moon Over the Mississippi

13×13 framed (image 8×8) oil on paper $175

Green Fields, Merigold

13×19 framed (image 9×13) oil on paper $325

Morning Light Over the Hedges

14×17 framed (image 8×10) oil on paper $250

Old Barn on Hwy 61

12×15 framed (image 8×10) oil on paper $250

Over the Levee

15×19 framed (image 8×10) oil on paper $250

Point on the Mississippi

13×13 framed (image 9×9) oil on paper $175

Sunflower River, Merigold

17×17 framed (image 14×14) oil on paper $450

Top of the Levee, Rosedale, MS

17.5×21.5 framed (image 16×20) oil on panel $800

Upper Tallahatchie

17.5×21.5 framed (image 16×20) oil on panel $800