Education
After completing his Bachelor of Science at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, in 1966, Wilkerson obtained his Master of Fine Arts (1968) from Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri.
After completing his Bachelor of Science at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, in 1966, Wilkerson obtained his Master of Fine Arts (1968) from Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri.
He settled in Saint Louis following military service in the Army from 1968 - 1970. Wilkerson exhibited at galleries in Saint Louis, Kansas City, New Orleans, New York City, and Carmel, California. The major theme of his work is food — including lobsters, burgers, a Warholesque Campbell"s Pork and Beans can, bananas, cherries, apples, pears, fortune cookies, and cups of coffee.
Wilkerson died of cancer at age 63.