Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Inspiration post - Outsider Art

I discovered 'Outsider Art' (also known as Art Brut, Naive Art, Intuitive Art) when I started an Art Therapy course many years ago and have been a big fan ever since. The tutor on the course lent me many copies of 'Raw Vision' an outsider art magazine that I recommend reading if you are interested in this type of art. One of my favorite artists is Bill Traylor, Traylor only started making work aged 83 and his preferred mediums were card, pencil and crayon. I wanted to share some of his images with you, I hope you like them as much as I do..




Great aren't they? I love the limited colours and basic shapes.
I hope your all having a good week? I woke up this morning convinced it was thursday and almost friday........OH DEAR...... It took me a while to realise it's only Wednesday.. :-/

It's been a hectic/tiring week so far at work, maybe it's the weather? I definitely don't cope well with these dark days, I imagine the children (at my work) don't like it much either! I'm looking forward to sunday and cracking on with some art work...I'm itching to get going with some lino prints!

Night night :-)
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2 comments:

  1. Tami Cohen24 November 2010 at 17:24

    these are fantastic! simplified. wonderful.

    cannot WAIT to see your linos xx

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  2. KERRY25 November 2010 at 02:21

    Yes, I really like his stuff too. Simple and very characterful. I really like all your new stuff too...and I am also looking forward to seeing your lino print results! One of your prints on my blog today. Have a nice day.
    p.s. I too thought yesterday was Thursday...what a disappointment! x

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