Texas. 1900 - 1969
Paintings from visionary, dream-based images, found objects, outsider art
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1914 West Africa - 2000 Madison, Wisconsin. Known for: Naive collage, assemblage, outsider art.
Simon Sparrow believed his images came from God, and before he started to paint, he would let his mind go blank so the spirit could enter. He described this process as "sweeter than anything on earth... Read full biography
Simon Sparrow believed his images came from God, and before he started to paint, he would let his mind go blank so the spirit could enter. He described this process as "sweeter than anything on earth . I feel like I'm climbing." . He did not paint representational portraits, but used a variety of... Read full biography
Simon Sparrow believed his images came from God, and before he started to paint, he would let his mind go blank so the spirit could enter. He described this process as "sweeter than anything on earth . I feel like I'm climbing." . He did not paint representational portraits, but used a variety of found objects instead to create glittering images of people's souls. He related his method to West African traditions, in which the gods have "inner eyes" to see much more than just physical... Read full biography
Simon Sparrow believed his images came from God, and before he started to paint, he would let his mind go blank so the spirit could enter. He described this process as "sweeter than anything on earth . I feel like I'm climbing." . He did not paint representational portraits, but used a variety of found objects instead to create glittering images of people's souls. He related his method to West African traditions, in which the gods have "inner eyes" to see much more than just physical appearance. ("Paul Schmeizer examines the mystery art and ministry of Simon Sparrow," Raw Vision, No. 34). Source:. Luce Foundation Center
Simon Sparrow believed his images came from God, and before he started to paint, he would let his mind go blank so the spirit could enter. He described this process as "sweeter than anything on earth . I feel like I'm climbing." . He did not paint representational portraits, but used a variety of found objects instead to create glittering images of people's souls. He related his method to West African traditions, in which the gods have "inner eyes" to see much more than just physical appearance. ("Paul Schmeizer examines the mystery art and ministry of Simon Sparrow," Raw Vision, No. 34). Source:. Luce Foundation Center
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Untitled (Cross with Spirits)
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High Styled Woman
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California. Born 1924
Naive obsessive male portraits, fantasy faces, animals, people
Mississippi, Tennessee. 1900 - 1996
Naive genre painting
North Carolina. 1914 - 2002
Folk art sculpture, pottery-face jugs
Mississippi. 1904 - 1994
Naive figure, assemblage sculpture
Georgia. 1900 - 1982
Collage, assemblages and colored pencil images of dreams, animals, landscape
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South Carolina. 1906 - 1985
Naive style figure, portrait and genre regionalist painting
South Carolina, New York. 1911 - 1990
Naive figure-genre-outsider art
Georgia. 1928 - 2005
Naive figure
West Virginia. 1901 - 1995
Naive sculpture, drawing
New Mexico. 1897 - 1964
Iconic Indian motif wood carved figures, folk art
Louisiana / Morocco. 1945 - 2007
Folk art, wood carved totems, ceremonial canes, voodoos
Florida. 1887 - 1979
Naive wood carving
Georgia, Ohio. 1938 - 1997
Woodcarver-folk art, religious, collaborative art
Texas. 1898 - 1993
Cray-pas naive genre, figure and floral painting
Illinois. 1894 - 1989
Naive religio-historical carvings
Vermont. 1934 - 2005
Outsider art, naive painting
Mississippi. 1911 - 1997
Naive sculptor
Virginia, Pennsylvania. 1889 - 1985
Folk art figure wood carvings
Wisconsin, Michigan. 1921 - 2010
Folk painting, religious imagery
Missouri. 1885 - 1983
Folk art
Alabama. 1921 - 1989
Naive figure-faces, animal
Alabama. 1923 - 2010
Naive religious vision
Louisiana. 1898 - 1997
Folk art sculpture, painting, yard art
New Mexico. Born 1949
Sculptor-wooden animal
Nebraska, Arizona / Italy. 1913 - 2002
Naive figure and genre painting
United States. Born 1940
Paintings
United States. 1925 - 2003
Folk art paintings
Florida, Ohio. 1908 - 1986
Naive figure painting
Tennessee. 1903 - 1976
Folk art wood carving-figure, wildlife
Georgia. Born 1934
Naive religious activities
Tennessee. 1910 - 2002
Wood folk art statue