Gilda Renfrow Six

Gilda loved drawing from an early age. At 5, she recalled asking her ma to show her how to draw objects. Gilda recalls that Rachel drew sketches of trees and flowers. Gilda's artistic ability continued to flourish. In 1938, her favorite Christmas gifts included watercolors and paper. Gilda was a self-taught artist. There were no other artists in the family and none at school or in the neighborhood. Gilda remembers having a composition book she filled with drawings when she was in 6th grade. She was artistic and gifted from an early age. Her mother told her she had inherited her great Aunt Delanie Sasser Stancil's artistic ability and that her great grandma was very talented at drawing. Eventually, Gilda began painting.