Posts Tagged ‘outsider artist’
Beauty Lies In Our Ability to Abandon Ourselves: Interview with Muralist Dante Horoiwa
“After a mural is finished, people will begin to picnic in front of the painting. It is almost impossible not to look at it.”
Read MoreSweet Gratitude
“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”
~Albert Schweitzer
The Restorative Magic of Jeanie Tomanek’s Multi-Layered Dreams
“My style is a bit primitive and imperfect at times. I like this raggedness, because it shows the dual meaning of actual battle with the materials and the protagonist’s struggle with her situation.”
Read MoreGlenn Brady, Painter, Queensland, Australia
“I moved out to live with a bunch of other drunken teens. Around 1982 with no family around, I found punk rock, and got very involved in it. Like being a kid again. And part of ‘something.’ Colorful. And loud.”
Read MoreKen Law, Outsider Artist, Taiwan
My color combinations and mixing is nothing more than intuitive and all me. That’s why I call myself an Outsider Artist. I’m outside of the rules, and that feels right to me.”
Read MoreIan Gamache: Outsider Artist
I don’t consider what I do to be ‘whining’, in fact part of me agrees with the ‘pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps’ philosophy; but not everybody has boots, or even legs for that matter.
Read MoreKeemo, Outsider Artist, Grand Rapids, Michigan
“I suppose according to the definition, I would be considered an outsider artist. Although, I don’t really give any thought to what
label might be appropriate to where I fit into the art world. I just keep trying to make the art that I want to make and that is about it.”
Magaly Ohika, Painter and Toy Designer
“When I was a child, I pictured the real world as a circus. It was the only way to cope with the ugly reality I found around me.” — Magaly Ohika
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