Larry Dell Alexander (born May 30, 1953) is an American artist, Christian author and Catechist from Dermott, Arkansas, in Chicot County.

[1] Alexander is best known for his creations of elaborate colorful, and black & white "pen and ink" drawings in his "crosshatching", or "hatching" technique, and his acrylic paintings.

Alexander moved to Detroit, Michigan, after two years of school in Pine Bluff to seek employment in his chosen field.

He ultimately met and married his wife, Patricia while living in Detroit, and they moved their family to Irving, Texas, where he opened his own auto repair shop and operated it until 1991.

[6][7] Between 1991 and 1994 he created over 80 pieces of "pen and ink" fine art,[8] including "Renetta", "Girlfriends", "Cowboy Fiddler", "Young Kennedys", and "Roundup".

He is a self-taught artist who chooses mostly to do exhibits in venues that provide mainstream exposure to a large variety of people such as festivals, schools, malls, libraries, banks, art institutions, and even U.S. Post Office branches on occasion.

[10][11][12][13] In early 1996 Alexander finished and released his popular "Dermott Series", a 20 piece collection of oil and acrylic paintings that offered a nostalgic look back at his childhood of growing up in rural southeast Arkansas.

Alexander said at the time that, "I did the Dermott Series for many personal reasons, and I'm overwhelmed by the response this collection is creating here in Texas".

[17] Another piece from the Delta Series, "Aunt Eira Mae", was donated to the permanent collection of the African American Museum (Dallas, Texas), in 2004.

It consists of elaborate drawings of well known figures and events of the 1960s, such as the civil rights Selma to Montgomery marches of 1965, and portraits of Martin Luther King Jr., Lyndon Johnson, Malcolm X, Medgar Evers, and Rosa Parks.

His book deliberately ignores the contributions of African-Americans in the areas of sports and entertainment, as he feels they are already too well known and over-emphasized in society.

Its major objective was to instill hope and encouragement in the children of Arkansas, and to aid them in making good choices during the developing stages of life.

Alexander usually ended his tour with a two-day art exhibit and print signing at the Dermott, Arkansas Crawfish Festival.

And until we can grasp and understand that, we'll just continue to meander around, looking for physical answers, to problems, that have always been, spiritual Alexander is a devout Christian who teaches Sunday school and has also served as a Church deacon.