John "Cornbread" Anderson

Cornbread, as everyone calls him, was raised on a farm in Lumpkin County, Georgia. As most farm kids he spent a lot of time exploring the fields and woods around him observing animals on the farm and in the wild. In 1995, he started painting these animals and critters from the farm he works and the woods he hunts. Recording them as the city of Atlanta grows and sprawls, the artist is concerned about the loss of their natural habitat.

Cornbread uses a vibrant palette and paints in an energetic style most often choosing to paint on large wood panels. Fox, quail and guinea hens are among his favorite subjects but he also paints raccoon, deer and fish. Cornbread has been describe...