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Born and raised in Tate county, Senotobia, LEONARD MAIDEN is a Southern Black artist who puts on for the Mississippi delta—albeit he's the magnolia state's best kept secret. Maiden's work is steeped in the deep South's rural and social culture, bearing such titles as, "Gon' to the Store," "When Cotton Was King," and "Sunday Service." He paints depictions of Black folks up against the backdrop of Mississippi's rich landscape, and Baton Rouge's Black casino society.