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Inez Whitfield Inez Whitfield was born May 25, 1867, in German Flatts, New York. By 1901, Whitfield, who suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, had started visiting Hot Springs, Arkan sas for the therapeutic baths and soon moved there. By 1911, she was confined to a wheelchair but continued to immerse herself in Hot Springs society. She was nationally recognized for her watercolor paintings of native plants and flowers from Arkansas. Inez Whitfield, Catchfly, virginia; Fire pink: Silene virginica (April) (detail), circa 1935, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Gift of the Arkansas Federation of Garden Clubs. 5 x 7 inches Show more