Kentucky. 1906 - 1990
Folk art, naive painting and sculpture, bird and birdhouse sculpture, airplanes
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Born 1954 Dublin, Ireland. Known for: Outsider art.
Karl Mullen's palette is the larder: red wine, walnut oil and ink, Barry's tea, pastes in silver tins, powders like exotic spices. To watch Mullen paint is to watch a weird amalgam of line chef,... Read full biography
Karl Mullen's palette is the larder: red wine, walnut oil and ink, Barry's tea, pastes in silver tins, powders like exotic spices. To watch Mullen paint is to watch a weird amalgam of line chef, body-worker, bartender and day laborer, each having sworn off the traditional tools of the trade. In his... Read full biography
Karl Mullen's palette is the larder: red wine, walnut oil and ink, Barry's tea, pastes in silver tins, powders like exotic spices. To watch Mullen paint is to watch a weird amalgam of line chef, body-worker, bartender and day laborer, each having sworn off the traditional tools of the trade. In his studio--the just barely heated, former horse stall of his 19th-century barn--he drops a fresh piece of 22" x 30" Arches paper onto the concrete floor. Standing over the paper, he pours two small... Read full biography
Karl Mullen's palette is the larder: red wine, walnut oil and ink, Barry's tea, pastes in silver tins, powders like exotic spices. To watch Mullen paint is to watch a weird amalgam of line chef, body-worker, bartender and day laborer, each having sworn off the traditional tools of the trade. In his studio--the just barely heated, former horse stall of his 19th-century barn--he drops a fresh piece of 22" x 30" Arches paper onto the concrete floor. Standing over the paper, he pours two small circles of walnut ink, leans over to spit into each pool, watches the chemical sizzle for a moment or two, then crouches, nicking into each pool with the edge of a sharp-tipped palette knife, scraping away, pulling down strands of ink in curves and arcs.... Read full biography
Karl Mullen's palette is the larder: red wine, walnut oil and ink, Barry's tea, pastes in silver tins, powders like exotic spices. To watch Mullen paint is to watch a weird amalgam of line chef, body-worker, bartender and day laborer, each having sworn off the traditional tools of the trade. In his studio--the just barely heated, former horse stall of his 19th-century barn--he drops a fresh piece of 22" x 30" Arches paper onto the concrete floor. Standing over the paper, he pours two small circles of walnut ink, leans over to spit into each pool, watches the chemical sizzle for a moment or two, then crouches, nicking into each pool with the edge of a sharp-tipped palette knife, scraping away, pulling down strands of ink in curves and arcs. These gestures form the outlines and initial features of the human figures characteristic of Mullen's work. Rambunct... Read full biography
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Florida, Arkansas. Born 1938
Abstract portrait masks on metal, wood or tin, painting
Mississippi. 1911 - 1997
Naive sculptor
United States. 20th century
Painting
Louisiana. 1957 - 2000
Naive figure, word play
New Mexico. 1897 - 1964
Iconic Indian motif wood carved figures, folk art
Kentucky. 1905 - 1998
Biblical theme carved folk art figures, decorative and utilitarian objects
Alabama. 1930 - 2004
Painting/ sculpture
Georgia. 1916 - 1999
Sculpture-face jugs
Florida, Ohio. 1908 - 1986
Naive figure painting
Georgia. 1928 - 2005
Naive figure
Kentucky. Born 1929
Sculpture
Virginia. 1923 - 2012
Folk sculpture
United States. 1908 - 1986
Painting
United States. 1883 - 1976
Folk art
Texas. 1936 - 2006
Naive geometric painting, outsider art, word play
Wisconsin, Michigan. 1921 - 2010
Folk painting, religious imagery
Georgia. 1931 - 2017
Painting
Georgia. Born 1934
Naive religious activities
Georgia. 1913 - 1990
Naive wood carving-religious and portrait subjects
Louisiana. Born 1922
Folk art sculpture-boats, oil rigs, airplanes, houses
Alabama. Born 1972
Naive, outsider painting
United States. Born 1962
Paintings-folk art
Florida. 1887 - 1979
Naive wood carving
New Mexico. Born 1920
Painting, cardboard cut-outs of animals
New Mexico. Born 1964
Naive wood carved santeros
Pennsylvania. 1921 - 1987
Naive figure, circus animal
New York, Pennsylvania. Born 1950
Naive genre in carved wood reliefs
United States. 1896 - 1993
Scenes of early Florida, including cotton mills, lumber yards, and river boats.
United States. Born 1951
Folk art, paintings
Georgia. 1908 - 1988
Naive-imagery, drawings, hallucination art from found objects, rocks
Illinois. 1894 - 1989
Naive religio-historical carvings