Effie Gridley lived in Gulfport, MS and taught art at the Old Gulfport Recreation Center during the 50s, and private lessons in the 60s. She spent years studying art in Paris and many other places in Europe. Her family Hailed from Syracuse, New York. She was called the "fairy Godmother of the paint brush" 39 1/2" w., 27 1/2" h. Effie Gridley lived in Gulfport, MS and taught art at the Old Gulfport Recreation Center during the 50s, and private lessons in the 60s. She spent years studying art in Paris and many other places in Europe. Her family Hailed from Syracuse, New York. She was called the "fairy Godmother of the paint brush" 39 1/2" w., 27 1/2" h.