An oil on canvas portrait by Eva Lyle Wilkinson, dated 1947, was recently donated to the Dixie Art Colony Foundation.

Wilkinson's name can be found repeatedly in the DAC Foundation Archives. However, the extent of her involvement in the Elmore County colony is unclear. But there’s reason to believe she was one of several artists that participated on the weekends. It’s known that she and John Kelly Fitzpatrick were instructors and co-founders at the Montgomery Museum School, which links her to the Dixie Art Colony. There are numerous documents and newspaper clippings that refer to the Dixie Art Colony as a closely related arm of the Montgomery Museum School.