Press Releases
Inside Bettye's studio, Virgina Dixon Shealey (Dissie) and Bettye are interviewed by Judy Kahler / The Ledger (East Polk, Winter Haven, Bartow, Haines City, Lake Wales, Auburndale) 8-2-1999. Photos by Pierre DuCharme.

A Historic Artist
A memory painter is a historian. Two paintings in the Museum of Florida History in Tallahassee, "Baptising at Cypress Pond" and "General Store" record life in Florida and are of historical value to American folk art collectors and many Southern historians.
Today & Tonight MagazineThe Today & Tonight magazine May 2006, featured Bettye in their "Artist of the Month" section. The article is written by Mary Joye. Bettye met Mary at the House of Blues during the Folk Art Festival 2005. Mary has a website at the address below.



