Incollect Magazine - Issue 13

JENNESS CORTEZ Art inArt Paintings and Commissions • Near Lenox MA & Saratoga Springs NY Website: JennessCortez.com • Email: Jenness @ JennessCortez.com • Averill Park, NY • Tel. (518) 674-8711 “Tupelo to Memphis” by Jenness Cortez © 2024, Acrylic on mahogany panel , 18 by 24 inches The center of the composition depicts Elvis Presley’s first record album cover for RCA Victor in 1956. Clockwise from the bottom are depicted the Presley family and various musicians who significantly influenced Elvis during his childhood. These include: Gladys and Vernon Presley with 2-year-old Elvis, BigMamaThornton, Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, The Blackwood Brothers gospel quartet, BB King, Jimmie Rodgers, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Hank Williams. Also included is a miniature model of the 1955 pink Cadillac Seville Elvis bought for his mother, Gladys. – Jenness Cortez