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Style: Folk Art
8'' Vasija Multicolor / Ceramic Mexican Folk Art from Mata Ortiz
Located in Jesus del Monte, MX
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Artisan: Martin Olivas Quintana
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Carved polychrome jar decorated with a sgraffito and painted hummingbird, flowers ...
Category
2010s Folk Art More Art
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Forbidden Stitch Embroidery of A Chinese Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful example of Chinese embroidery, this framed silk textile uses the infamous forbidden stitch to depict a fine blue-and-white porcelain vase....
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
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Silk
Mine, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Jaime Ellsworth paints the everyday experiences of the animals she handles. She portrays a white dog vigilantly watching an eager crow. The dog sits with...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
Materials
Acrylic
Quarter Horse, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A coin-operated horse ride evokes memories of simpler times. With just a quarter, it opens the imagination and offers a glimpse into the Wild West. The artwork ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
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Acrylic
Pony Express, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A black horse with white spots gallops with all its might, following the outlined route in the background. The painting carries a whimsical tone with its colors...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
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Acrylic
Two Barn Owls, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Jessica JH Roller depicts two mysterious barn owls against a striking red backdrop. The wide-eyed birds live peacefully at an ow...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
Materials
Acrylic
Classic American Needlepoint, 1967, by Eileen Schneider
Located in Larchmont, NY
Eileen Schneider (Canadian-American, 1927-2022)
A Sailor's Token of Love, 1967
Needlepoint composition - likely cotton
Framed: 17 1/2 x 15 x 1 in.
Eileen Theresa Hamilton was born o...
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1960s Folk Art More Art
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Fabric, Cotton
Tea in the Firefly Woods, Original Painting
By Andrea Doss
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"The enchanted woods lie somewhere between hither and thither, filled with the magic of dew drops and the flittering light of moonbeams and fireflies," shares a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
Materials
Acrylic
Hello, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
An unlikely friendship blossoms between a black horse and a white dog. They are together by their shared enthusiasm for playing with the red ball. The greenis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
Materials
Acrylic
Red Fox, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A red fox cozily curls up and naps under the snowdrops. The tip of its tail mirrors the shape of the flowers, adding to the natural charm of the scene. The da...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
Materials
Acrylic
Rare Vesuvius Lava Stone Writing Set. torre Del Greco (naples). XIX
Located in Firenze, IT
Very Rare Vesuvius lava stone writing set.
Torre del Greco (Naples).
19th century.
4 objects with small sculptures (cameos) depicting the poet Petrarch, mythological female figures, ...
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Mid-19th Century Folk Art More Art
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Stone, Brass
Necklace With Cameo Depicting Vesuvius. Late 19th. Naples
Located in Firenze, IT
Necklace with cameo depicting Vesuvius.
Antique cameo, hand carved at the end of the 19th century.
Central cameo with filigree cast, size h cm 2.5, L 3cm.
Hand-engraved cameo on she...
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Late 19th Century Folk Art More Art
Materials
Glass, Intaglio
Wool Felt Applique Israeli Folk Art Signed Tapestry Kopel Gurwin Bezalel School
By Kopel Gurwin
Located in Surfside, FL
This depicts KIng David reciting Psalms, Hallelujah in Hebrew
Kopel Gurwin (Hebrew: קופל גורבין) (1923–1990) was an Israeli tapestry wall hanging, painter and graphic artist.
Kopel (Kopke') Gurwin (Gurwitz) was born and raised in Vilna, the capital of Lithuania. He spoke Yiddish at home, but simultaneously studied Hebrew at their school which was part of the Tarbut educational network. Kopel was active in the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement. In the 1930s, as a teenager, Kopel helped his parents with the home finances by working in a suit workshop, there he first encountered the art of sewing.
With the outbreak of the Second World War and the German invasion of Vilna, the Jews were imprisoned in camps and ghettos. Kopel and his brother Moshe were separated from their parents and were put to work in coal mines and peat. Kopel's parents were taken to the Stutthof Nazi concentration camp where they died of typhus within a month of each other. Kopel's 12-year-old sister Chava was turned over to the Germans by a Polish family and murdered.
The brothers were arrested by the Germans, but were saved thanks to the connections of Nina Gerstein, Kopel's drama teacher. They hid in an attic until they were discovered, fled and moved to Riga, where they were caught and sent to the Stutthof concentration camp where they were imprisoned until the end of the war. They were put to work maintaining and cleaning trains and took part in one of the death marches. In July 1946, Kopel and Moshe sailed to Helsingborg, Sweden, as part of operation "Folke Bernadotte", in which Sweden took in ill survivors for rehabilitation. Once he recovered, Kopel worked in a publishing house and later was appointed director of the local branch of the Halutz movement.
In 1950 Kopel and Moshe made aliyah to Israel. Kopel worked as a survey for the Survey of Israel Company. In 1951, he enlisted to the Communication Corps and served as a military draftsman. There he won first prize for the design of the front cover of the Communication Corps bulletin.
With his discharge from the army at 29 he started studying drawing and graphics at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Among his teachers were Isidor Ascheim, Shlomo Vitkin, Yossi Stern and Jacob Steinhardt. At the end of his first year of study, Kopel won the Reuben and Sarah Lif Excellence Award in written studies. During his studies he also won additional prizes: In 1956 he won first prize from the Lethem Foundation in California for poster design. Later the same year, Kopel won the Hermann Struck prize for his drawing on the theme of Jerusalem.
In 1957 he won an additional first prize from the Lethem Foundation and second place from the printing company Ortzel for a drawing for a Jewish New Year greeting card. In 1958 he won first prize in a competition to design a poster for Tel Aviv's jubilee.
Two years later he won three other awards: First and third prize for designing a poster for Israel Independence Day, celebrating 12 years of the State of Israel.
Also that year Kopel won first prize for a poster to mark the 25th Zionist Congress.
In 1964 he entered the Independence Day poster competition on the theme of aliyah and won first and second prize. Four years later he again entered the competition on the theme of 20 years of Israel's independence and won first prize. The poster was styled like a Holy Ark curtain with two lions and a menorah at its centre. This poster appeared on the cover of the famous book Jewish Art and Civilization, edited by Geoffrey Wigoder as well as the record Voices of 20 Years, 1948-1968, edited by Yossi Godard. In April 1971 he won first prize in the Independence Day poster competition for the fourth time.
Kopel's Folk Art tapestry won the Israeli Independence Day Poster Contest in 1968
With the completion of his studies at Bezalel Kopel moved to Tel Aviv and was hired by Shmuel Grundman's graphics and design studio. Grundman took him to Europe with him to design and supervise the construction of Israeli exhibition pavilions. During his time at Grundman's he discovered the fibrous felt from which he produced most of his wall hangings. At the 1964 Levant Fair exhibition he used felt stuck onto wooden panels for the first time.
The first felt wall hanging that Kopel produced was intended for the American Cultural Centre in Jerusalem and its theme was the United States Declaration of Independence. The wall hanging, which measured 2.85 X 1.85 meters, was stuck on a wooden panel. Kopel ordered rolls of felt from France and began work on wall hangings based on bible stories. He used a needle, hand sewing small even stitches with black embroidery thread which framed and highlighted every detail in the work, as well as using appliqué. The interior designer, Alufa Koljer-Elem, introduced him to Ruth Dayan who managed the shop Maskit in September 1967 he opened his first solo exhibition at the Maskit 6 gallery, in which 12 wall hangings were displayed.
In light of the exhibition at Maskit 6, Meira Gera, the director of artistic activity at the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, organized an additional exhibition of his works at the foundation's exhibition hall in New York City. The exhibition sparked immense press interest, and was also displayed for a few months at the New York Jewish Museum, from where it travelled throughout the United States.
Followed by the exhibition at the Delson-Richter gallery in Old Jaffa, which was later also exhibited at the Jerusalem Theatre.
Kopel's tapestry "The Time for Singing has Arrived" was printed on a UNICEF greeting card in 1978 and again in 1981.
The Israeli Philatelic Service issued three stamps based on three of Kopel's holy ark curtains and one stamp based on an Independence Day poster he designed.
Kopel's creations decorate a large number of synagogues, public buildings, hotels and private collections which were purchased in Israel and around the world. They have decorated, among others, the walls of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, the VIP room at Ben Gurion Airport, the Kfar Saba theatre and the Plaza Hotel in Tel Aviv.
Israel has had a Vibrant Folk Art, Naive art scene for a long time now artists like Israel Paldi, Nahum Guttman, Reuven Rubin had naive periods. The most well know of the strict naive artists are Shalom of Safed, David Sharir, Irene Awret, Gabriel Cohen, Natan Heber, Michael Falk and Kopel Gurwin.
Exhibitions:
1995 The Knesset Jerusalem
1988 Temple Beth Shalom Miami, Florida
1988 University of Jewish Studies Los Angeles
1987 Israel Congregation on the Northern Coast Chicago
1985 Jerusalem Theatre Jerusalem
1984 Tenafly New Jersey
1983 Horace Richter Gallery Old Jaffa
1974 Jerusalem Theatre Jerusalem
1974 Delson Richter Gallery Old Jaffa
1972 University of Jewish Studies Miami, Florida
1971 Jewish Museum New York
1970 Norman Gallery Canada
1970 Sharei Tzedek Congregation Winnipeg, Canada
1970 Gallery of the Year Los Angeles
1970 Gallery of the Year Scottsdale
1969 Gleeman Gallery Chicago
1969 Israel Congregation of the Northern Coast Chicago
1967 Maskit 6 Tel Aviv
Prizes:
1971 First Independence Day poster 1971, 23 yeaes of the State of Israel
1969 Second International Tel Aviv poster...
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20th Century Folk Art More Art
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Wool, Felt
Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool Folk Art Rug Weaving Pillow or Wall Hanging
By Olga Fisch
Located in Surfside, FL
Olga Fisch was born in Hungary, studied in Germany and lived in Morocco and Ethiopia before receiving asylum as a Jewish refugee in Ecuador in 1939. For her Indian-inspired designs, Mrs. Fisch uses natural black and white sheep...
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1950s Folk Art More Art
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Wool
Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool, Metal Folk Art Rug Weaving Wall Hanging
By Olga Fisch
Located in Surfside, FL
Olga Fisch was born in Hungary, studied in Germany and lived in Morocco and Ethiopia before receiving asylum as a Jewish refugee in Ecuador in 1939. For her Indian-inspired designs, Mrs. Fisch uses natural black and white sheep...
Category
1950s Folk Art More Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool Folk Art Rug Weaving Pillow or Wall Hanging
By Olga Fisch
Located in Surfside, FL
Olga Fisch was born in Hungary, studied in Germany and lived in Morocco and Ethiopia before receiving asylum as a Jewish refugee in Ecuador in 1939. For her Indian-inspired designs, Mrs. Fisch uses natural black and white sheep...
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1950s Folk Art More Art
Materials
Wool
Adventure Reading, Original Painting
By Andrea Doss
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A young man leans on his dragon friend, engrossed in a book, while the gentle giant surveys the woods. Both immerse themselves in the beauty of the world, wheth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
Materials
Acrylic
Little Black Dress, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A white horse halts, observing a black dress gently swaying in the breeze. Multiple layers of oil paint infuse the composition with a distinct character, allowi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
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Oil
Amble, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A solitary horse stands prominently against a cream-colored background. Created with multiple layers of oil paint, the artwork boasts a unique texture, revealin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
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Oil
Coyote, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A curious coyote shows interest in a red ball on the ground. Its speckled fur complements the visual texture of the background. With multiple layers of oil pain...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
Materials
Oil
Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool Folk Art Rug Weaving Wall Hanging Olga Fisch
By Olga Fisch
Located in Surfside, FL
Olga Fisch ( American 1901-1990)
Hummingbird and Pendant Flower, hand woven and stitched wool and sequins, signed lower right.
Dimensions: 58 x 32 in.
Olga Fisch was born in Hungary, studied in Germany and lived in Morocco and Ethiopia before receiving asylum as a Jewish refugee in Ecuador in 1939. For her Indian-inspired designs, Mrs. Fisch uses natural black and white sheep...
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20th Century Folk Art More Art
Materials
Wool
Pansy Passion 1, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A fully-bloomed pansy flower displays the velvety texture of its petals. The vein markings and subtle shadows define its delicate form. Artist Pamela Hoke paint...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
Materials
Oil
Pansy Passion 2, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A pansy opens up, luring the viewer's gaze towards its center. Against the dark background, the deep mauve tones of the flower stand out, highlighting its delic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
Materials
Oil
Man With Lizard, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"On hot summer afternoons on the East Side of Milwaukee, a young man could often be seen carrying his pet Tegu lizard to Bradford Beach so it could bask in the sun," says artist Leroy Burt...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
Materials
Acrylic
Firefly Field, Original Painting
By Andrea Doss
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The magic of fireflies fills the field, tempting three clever foxes to chase and capture them. They intend to use the glowing insects for various important purp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
Materials
Acrylic
Guatemala. Maschera di Baila de la Conquista. Inizio XX secolo
Located in Firenze, IT
Questa maschera guatemalteca del inizio del XX secolo, scolpita in legno e utilizzata per la danza della Riconquista (Baila de la Conquista) , raffigura vividamente un uomo europeo, ...
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Early 20th Century Folk Art More Art
Materials
Wood, Intaglio
Two Blue Birds, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Two magical birds find refuge in an evergreen forest, seeking shelter from the cold winter weather. Jewels and prominent markings adorn their bodies. This whims...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
Materials
Acrylic
Pine Tree and Birds, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
In this whimsical painting, three birds soar high against a yellow sky. A pine tree, adorned with lush leaves, stands alongside another bare of foliage. The col...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
Materials
Acrylic
Vasija Fusion / Ceramics Mexican Folk Art Mata Ortiz
Located in Jesus del Monte, MX
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Artisan: Laura Bugarini Cota
MASTERPIECE
Carved polychrome jar painted with geometric design.
- Dimensions: 9" x 10" in...
Category
2010s Folk Art More Art
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Rosemary on Deep Blue and Flowers, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
During chilly weather, Rosemary often sits by a warm radiator in artist Jessica JH Roller's studio, observing falling leaves and busy squirrels outside. The room boasts a cluster of houseplants in various containers, alongside Jessica's nearby easel. One Wednesday morning, Jessica found inspiration from both Rosemary and a specific ceramic pot.
About the Artist
Artist Jessica JH Roller paints whimsical and playful compositions of animals and people, marked by bold colors and primitivist linework. She distills a scene into a few simple shapes, using color to create contrast and vibrancy, often choosing palettes that reflect pop culture. "My adopted kittens, Tony and Larry, opened my eyes and unleashed the artist inside me," shares Jessica. "After, I started to notice birds, trees, color, everything." Jessica brings to life her dynamic creations in the comfort of her studio in her century-old home. She enjoys listening to music and audiobooks while painting with her 18-year-old acrylic-covered easel. When not painting, Jessica cherishes time with her family and five cats, teaches yoga, and enjoys cycling along the river.
Words that describe this painting: cat, folk...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
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Acrylic
Yellow Springs Deer Family, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
In this whimsical painting, a family of deer roams around a nature reserve. An owl perches on one of the trees, silently observing the woodland activity. A profusion of flowers adorn the scene, adding to the charm of the composition.
About the Artist
Artist Jessica JH Roller paints whimsical and playful compositions of animals and people, marked by bold colors and primitivist linework. She distills a scene into a few simple shapes, using color to create contrast and vibrancy, often choosing palettes that reflect pop culture. "My adopted kittens, Tony and Larry, opened my eyes and unleashed the artist inside me," shares Jessica. "After, I started to notice birds, trees, color, everything." Jessica brings to life her dynamic creations in the comfort of her studio in her century-old home. She enjoys listening to music and audiobooks while painting with her 18-year-old acrylic-covered easel. When not painting, Jessica cherishes time with her family and five cats, teaches yoga, and enjoys cycling along the river.
Words that describe this painting: forest, deer, deers, wildlife, folk, trees, owl, tree, trees, whimsical, nursery, animals, primitive, acrylic painting, red
Yellow Springs Deer Family...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
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Acrylic
"Chancay" (Pre-Columbian) Mummy Mask wood face peruvian folk red human folk art
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The Peruvian Chancay (pre-Columbian) Mummy Bundle mask, from around 1600 is made of painted wood, textiles, and human hair. According to the Walters Art Museum:
Andean cultures are ...
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Early 1600s Folk Art More Art
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Textile, Wood
Circo
Located in Columbia, MO
Artist Unknown
Circo
Fabric
17.25 x 18.25 inches, 19 x 20 (framed)
Shadow-box framing of fabric relief
Titled in stitching, upper left recto
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20th Century Folk Art More Art
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Textile
Black Cat on Cyan, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Jessica JH Roller paints a primitivist portrait of her cat, Rachel. With her sleek black fur and striking yellow eyes, the feline's electric personality ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
Materials
Acrylic
Cats and Bats, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Jessica JH Roller crafts a visual tale of a playful interaction between creatures of the night. "Long before the break of day, a bat enters a home, awake...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
Materials
Acrylic
Dog Ball Bird, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Jaime Ellsworth captures a clever brown dog skillfully balancing a red ball and a black bird on its head. With curious gazes, the critters turn to their right as if something has piqued their interest. The two-tone backdrop of ochre and moss green sets the stage for this endearing scene.
About the Artist
Jaime Ellsworth paints animals. Her career as a cowhand never got off the ground, so she stumbled into art never knowing it would complement her passion for animals so completely. Most subjects are her own, but lately she has expanded out of her corral to include bears and beasts not commonly seen on San Juan Island, in the Pacific Northwest, where she's lived for the last 30 years. She suspects it will be years before she runs out of inspiration or has jeans that aren’t covered with paw prints or paint.
Words that describe this painting: dog, bird, ball, whimsical, happy, playful, animals, acrylicpaint, portrait, profile, primitive, animals, primitive, acrylic painting, brown
Dog Ball...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
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Acrylic
Four Rainbow Ponies, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Jessica JH Roller depicts four ponies in bright, playful tones and bold graphic style. "I wish to give a new tilt to colors often used in fashion and hom...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
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Acrylic
Composure, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Sharon Sieben presents a woman assuming a confident stance and comfortability with the status quo. "It is a good thing to take an occasional time out to ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
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Acrylic
King Toad, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Jessica JH Roller paints a playful portrait of a king toad surrounded by white daylilies. "He lives in a quaint cottage alone, but he has a human friend ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
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Acrylic
Hero, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Jaime Ellsworth paints a portrait of a long-legged horse adorned with distinctive white markings on its legs and muzzle. Jaime uses bold black strokes to...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
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Oil
Framed Hmong Appliqué Textile Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
Dating to the mid-20th century, this colorful Hmong textile is a classic example of the appliqué technique used for the traditional cloth known as paj n...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art More Art
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Textile
Rise and Shine, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Sharon Sieben paints a portrait of a nude woman in a calm morning scene. "It captures that first moment when she pushes the blanket away and contemplates...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
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Acrylic
Mixed Media Outsider Art Original Photo Collage Drawing 2 Sided
By Tom Carapic
Located in Surfside, FL
Tom Carapic (born 1939), full name Tomislav Sava Čarapić, is an artist who specialises in found object artwork. He also does street art. A prominent Outsider Artist he was a featured artist in the American Visionary Art Museum's End is Near Exhibit. His work was also featured in the exhibition catalog. His work has been sold at Slotin Folk Art.
Carapic was born in Velisevac, Serbia (then Kingdom of Yugoslavia). He was educated at a military school in Herzegovina in the 1950s, and served as a sergeant in the Yugoslav People's Army. Afterwards he was denied a college education, possibly because he was not a member of the Communist Party, illegally crossed into Italy in 1961, and, from there, emigrated to the United States.
In 1965, he began attending classes at the New York Art Students League, but dropped out soon afterwards, eventually attending the Wilfred Academy of Beauty Culture. He was unable, however, to find steady beauty parlor employment, and worked in menial labor while attending classes in Spanish Education at Manhattan Community College. Due to a problem with accreditation, he was forced to switch to classes in the field of studio art. There he experienced hallucinatory visions that explained his repeated failures to obtain a degree.
In the late 1970s, Carapic began experiencing more hallucinatory visions; claiming that his degree problems were caused when "the evil marriage bureau massed the troops" against his college and proceeded with "an Air force bombardment" of the school. After receiving other visitations, he began making and showing his art.
Most of his art is centered on found objects, most famously computer keyboards, especially those by IBM. Most of his art consists of these objects, marked with black Sharpie markers, and with green thumbprints and handprints along the objects. His most famous exhibit in New York City is "Big Bang Theory," a doomsday warnings painted on computer keyboards and shoes and construction debris. Bears similarity to the Art Brut movement made famous by Jean Dubuffet.
He was inluded in The End is Near! an exhibit which included an unprecedented group of noted thinkers, from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Stephen Jay Gould to Reverend Howard Finster and Apocalypse culture expert ,Adam Parfrey, visionary artists brought together by curator, Roger Manley, for an amazing exhibition at the American Visionary Art Museum, the world’s largest ever mounted on the subjects of Apocalypse, Millennium, and Utopia.
The End is Near! featuredwork from the following visionary artists amongst others:
William Adkins Z.B. Armstrong Bill Bruley Frank Bruno Harry Leroy Brunson Tom Carapic Pierre Carbonel Howard Finster Tim Fowler Mary Mac Franklin Victor Joseph Gatto Robert Gie Patrick Gimel Hugo Hempel Oskar Herzberg Vojislav Jakic Norbert Kox Charles Keeling Lassiter...
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20th Century Folk Art More Art
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Mixed Media
Mixed Media Outsider Art Original Photo Collage Painting Brooklyn Bridge 2 Sided
By Tom Carapic
Located in Surfside, FL
This one is 2 sided with the Brooklyn Bridge on one side and Angkor Wat on the other side. (Angkor is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia. Stretching over some 400 km2, including forested area, Angkor Archaeological Park contains the magnificent remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire, from the 9th to the 15th century. They include the famous Temple of Angkor Wat and, at Angkor Thom, the Bayon Temple with its countless sculptural decorations.)
Tom Carapic (born 1939), full name Tomislav Sava Čarapić, is an artist who specialises in found object artwork. He also does street art. A prominent Outsider Artist he was a featured artist in the American Visionary Art Museum's End is Near Exhibit. His work was also featured in the exhibition catalog. His work has been sold at Slotin Folk Art.
Carapic was born in Velisevac, Serbia (then Kingdom of Yugoslavia). He was educated at a military school in Herzegovina in the 1950s, and served as a sergeant in the Yugoslav People's Army. Afterwards he was denied a college education, possibly because he was not a member of the Communist Party, illegally crossed into Italy in 1961, and, from there, emigrated to the United States.
In 1965, he began attending classes at the New York Art Students League, but dropped out soon afterwards, eventually attending the Wilfred Academy of Beauty Culture. He was unable, however, to find steady beauty parlor employment, and worked in menial labor while attending classes in Spanish Education at Manhattan Community College. Due to a problem with accreditation, he was forced to switch to classes in the field of studio art. There he experienced hallucinatory visions that explained his repeated failures to obtain a degree.
In the late 1970s, Carapic began experiencing more hallucinatory visions; claiming that his degree problems were caused when "the evil marriage bureau massed the troops" against his college and proceeded with "an Air force bombardment" of the school. After receiving other visitations, he began making and showing his art.
Most of his art is centered on found objects, most famously computer keyboards, especially those by IBM. Most of his art consists of these objects, marked with black Sharpie markers, and with green thumbprints and handprints along the objects. His most famous exhibit in New York City is "Big Bang Theory," a doomsday warnings painted on computer keyboards and shoes and construction debris. Bears similarity to the Art Brut movement made famous by Jean Dubuffet.
He was inluded in The End is Near! an exhibit which included an unprecedented group of noted thinkers, from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Stephen Jay Gould to Reverend Howard Finster and Apocalypse culture expert ,Adam Parfrey, visionary artists brought together by curator, Roger Manley, for an amazing exhibition at the American Visionary Art Museum, the world’s largest ever mounted on the subjects of Apocalypse, Millennium, and Utopia.
The End is Near! featuredwork from the following visionary artists amongst others:
William Adkins Z.B. Armstrong Bill Bruley Frank Bruno Harry Leroy Brunson Tom Carapic Pierre Carbonel Howard Finster Tim Fowler Mary Mac Franklin Victor Joseph Gatto Robert Gie Patrick Gimel Hugo Hempel Oskar Herzberg Vojislav Jakic Norbert Kox Charles Keeling Lassiter...
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20th Century Folk Art More Art
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Paint, Mixed Media, Photographic Paper
Mixed Media Outsider Art Original Photo Collage Painting in Plastic Bag 2 Sided
By Tom Carapic
Located in Surfside, FL
I think this one is the Chinese Premier on one side and fingerprints on the outside of the other side. wrapped in plastic.
Tom Carapic (born 1939), full name Tomislav Sava Čarapić, is an artist who specialises in found object artwork. He also does street art. A prominent Outsider Artist he was a featured artist in the American Visionary Art Museum's End is Near Exhibit. His work was also featured in the exhibition catalog. His work has been sold at Slotin Folk Art.
Carapic was born in Velisevac, Serbia (then Kingdom of Yugoslavia). He was educated at a military school in Herzegovina in the 1950s, and served as a sergeant in the Yugoslav People's Army. Afterwards he was denied a college education, possibly because he was not a member of the Communist Party, illegally crossed into Italy in 1961, and, from there, emigrated to the United States.
In 1965, he began attending classes at the New York Art Students League, but dropped out soon afterwards, eventually attending the Wilfred Academy of Beauty Culture. He was unable, however, to find steady beauty parlor employment, and worked in menial labor while attending classes in Spanish Education at Manhattan Community College. Due to a problem with accreditation, he was forced to switch to classes in the field of studio art. There he experienced hallucinatory visions that explained his repeated failures to obtain a degree.
In the late 1970s, Carapic began experiencing more hallucinatory visions; claiming that his degree problems were caused when "the evil marriage bureau massed the troops" against his college and proceeded with "an Air force bombardment" of the school. After receiving other visitations, he began making and showing his art.
Most of his art is centered on found objects, most famously computer keyboards, especially those by IBM. Most of his art consists of these objects, marked with black Sharpie markers, and with green thumbprints and handprints along the objects. His most famous exhibit in New York City is "Big Bang Theory," a doomsday warnings painted on computer keyboards and shoes and construction debris. Bears similarity to the Art Brut movement made famous by Jean Dubuffet.
He was inluded in The End is Near! an exhibit which included an unprecedented group of noted thinkers, from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Stephen Jay Gould to Reverend Howard Finster and Apocalypse culture expert ,Adam Parfrey, visionary artists brought together by curator, Roger Manley, for an amazing exhibition at the American Visionary Art Museum, the world’s largest ever mounted on the subjects of Apocalypse, Millennium, and Utopia.
The End is Near! featuredwork from the following visionary artists amongst others:
William Adkins Z.B. Armstrong Bill Bruley Frank Bruno Harry Leroy Brunson Tom Carapic Pierre Carbonel Howard Finster Tim Fowler Mary Mac Franklin Victor Joseph Gatto Robert Gie Patrick Gimel Hugo Hempel Oskar Herzberg Vojislav Jakic Norbert Kox Charles Keeling Lassiter...
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Mixed Media
Mixed Media Outsider Visionary Art Newspaper Collage Bill Gates Laminated 2 side
By Tom Carapic
Located in Surfside, FL
This one is laminated in plastic.
Tom Carapic (born 1939), full name Tomislav Sava Čarapić, is an artist who specialises in found object artwork. He also does street art. A prominent Outsider Artist he was a featured artist in the American Visionary Art Museum's End is Near Exhibit. His work was also featured in the exhibition catalog. His work has been sold at Slotin Folk Art.
Carapic was born in Velisevac, Serbia (then Kingdom of Yugoslavia). He was educated at a military school in Herzegovina in the 1950s, and served as a sergeant in the Yugoslav People's Army. Afterwards he was denied a college education, possibly because he was not a member of the Communist Party, illegally crossed into Italy in 1961, and, from there, emigrated to the United States.
In 1965, he began attending classes at the New York Art Students League, but dropped out soon afterwards, eventually attending the Wilfred Academy of Beauty Culture. He was unable, however, to find steady beauty parlor employment, and worked in menial labor while attending classes in Spanish Education at Manhattan Community College. Due to a problem with accreditation, he was forced to switch to classes in the field of studio art. There he experienced hallucinatory visions that explained his repeated failures to obtain a degree.
In the late 1970s, Carapic began experiencing more hallucinatory visions; claiming that his degree problems were caused when "the evil marriage bureau massed the troops" against his college and proceeded with "an Air force bombardment" of the school. After receiving other visitations, he began making and showing his art.
Most of his art is centered on found objects, most famously computer keyboards, especially those by IBM. Most of his art consists of these objects, marked with black Sharpie markers, and with green thumbprints and handprints along the objects. His most famous exhibit in New York City is "Big Bang Theory," a doomsday warnings painted on computer keyboards and shoes and construction debris. Bears similarity to the Art Brut movement made famous by Jean Dubuffet.
He was inluded in The End is Near! an exhibit which included an unprecedented group of noted thinkers, from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Stephen Jay Gould to Reverend Howard Finster and Apocalypse culture expert ,Adam Parfrey, visionary artists brought together by curator, Roger Manley, for an amazing exhibition at the American Visionary Art Museum, the world’s largest ever mounted on the subjects of Apocalypse, Millennium, and Utopia.
The End is Near! featuredwork from the following visionary artists amongst others:
William Adkins Z.B. Armstrong Bill Bruley Frank Bruno Harry Leroy Brunson Tom Carapic Pierre Carbonel Howard Finster Tim Fowler Mary Mac Franklin Victor Joseph Gatto Robert Gie Patrick Gimel Hugo Hempel Oskar Herzberg Vojislav Jakic Norbert Kox Charles Keeling Lassiter...
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Mixed Media
Mixed Media Outsider Visionary Art Polaroid Photo Collage Painting 2 sided
By Tom Carapic
Located in Surfside, FL
This one includes Albert Einstein amongst other drawing.
Tom Carapic (born 1939), full name Tomislav Sava Čarapić, is an artist who specialises in found object artwork. He also does street art. A prominent Outsider Artist he was a featured artist in the American Visionary Art Museum's End is Near Exhibit. His work was also featured in the exhibition catalog. His work has been sold at Slotin Folk Art.
Carapic was born in Velisevac, Serbia (then Kingdom of Yugoslavia). He was educated at a military school in Herzegovina in the 1950s, and served as a sergeant in the Yugoslav People's Army. Afterwards he was denied a college education, possibly because he was not a member of the Communist Party, illegally crossed into Italy in 1961, and, from there, emigrated to the United States.
In 1965, he began attending classes at the New York Art Students League, but dropped out soon afterwards, eventually attending the Wilfred Academy of Beauty Culture. He was unable, however, to find steady beauty parlor employment, and worked in menial labor while attending classes in Spanish Education at Manhattan Community College. Due to a problem with accreditation, he was forced to switch to classes in the field of studio art. There he experienced hallucinatory visions that explained his repeated failures to obtain a degree.
In the late 1970s, Carapic began experiencing more hallucinatory visions; claiming that his degree problems were caused when "the evil marriage bureau massed the troops" against his college and proceeded with "an Air force bombardment" of the school. After receiving other visitations, he began making and showing his art.
Most of his art is centered on found objects, most famously computer keyboards, especially those by IBM. Most of his art consists of these objects, marked with black Sharpie markers, and with green thumbprints and handprints along the objects. His most famous exhibit in New York City is "Big Bang Theory," a doomsday warnings painted on computer keyboards and shoes and construction debris. Bears similarity to the Art Brut movement made famous by Jean Dubuffet.
He was inluded in The End is Near! an exhibit which included an unprecedented group of noted thinkers, from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Stephen Jay Gould to Reverend Howard Finster and Apocalypse culture expert ,Adam Parfrey, visionary artists brought together by curator, Roger Manley, for an amazing exhibition at the American Visionary Art Museum, the world’s largest ever mounted on the subjects of Apocalypse, Millennium, and Utopia.
The End is Near! featuredwork from the following visionary artists amongst others:
William Adkins Z.B. Armstrong Bill Bruley Frank Bruno Harry Leroy Brunson Tom Carapic Pierre Carbonel Howard Finster Tim Fowler Mary Mac Franklin Victor Joseph Gatto Robert Gie Patrick Gimel Hugo Hempel Oskar Herzberg Vojislav Jakic Norbert Kox Charles Keeling Lassiter...
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Mixed Media, Polaroid
Mixed Media Outsider Visionary Art Newspaper Photo Collage 2 Sided Laminated
By Tom Carapic
Located in Surfside, FL
This one is laminated in plastic.
Tom Carapic (born 1939), full name Tomislav Sava Čarapić, is an artist who specialises in found object artwork. He also does street art. A prominent Outsider Artist he was a featured artist in the American Visionary Art Museum's End is Near Exhibit. His work was also featured in the exhibition catalog. His work has been sold at Slotin Folk Art.
Carapic was born in Velisevac, Serbia (then Kingdom of Yugoslavia). He was educated at a military school in Herzegovina in the 1950s, and served as a sergeant in the Yugoslav People's Army. Afterwards he was denied a college education, possibly because he was not a member of the Communist Party, illegally crossed into Italy in 1961, and, from there, emigrated to the United States.
In 1965, he began attending classes at the New York Art Students League, but dropped out soon afterwards, eventually attending the Wilfred Academy of Beauty Culture. He was unable, however, to find steady beauty parlor employment, and worked in menial labor while attending classes in Spanish Education at Manhattan Community College. Due to a problem with accreditation, he was forced to switch to classes in the field of studio art. There he experienced hallucinatory visions that explained his repeated failures to obtain a degree.
In the late 1970s, Carapic began experiencing more hallucinatory visions; claiming that his degree problems were caused when "the evil marriage bureau massed the troops" against his college and proceeded with "an Air force bombardment" of the school. After receiving other visitations, he began making and showing his art.
Most of his art is centered on found objects, most famously computer keyboards, especially those by IBM. Most of his art consists of these objects, marked with black Sharpie markers, and with green thumbprints and handprints along the objects. His most famous exhibit in New York City is "Big Bang Theory," a doomsday warnings painted on computer keyboards and shoes and construction debris. Bears similarity to the Art Brut movement made famous by Jean Dubuffet.
He was inluded in The End is Near! an exhibit which included an unprecedented group of noted thinkers, from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Stephen Jay Gould to Reverend Howard Finster and Apocalypse culture expert ,Adam Parfrey, visionary artists brought together by curator, Roger Manley, for an amazing exhibition at the American Visionary Art Museum, the world’s largest ever mounted on the subjects of Apocalypse, Millennium, and Utopia.
The End is Near! featuredwork from the following visionary artists amongst others:
William Adkins Z.B. Armstrong Bill Bruley Frank Bruno Harry Leroy Brunson Tom Carapic Pierre Carbonel Howard Finster Tim Fowler Mary Mac Franklin Victor Joseph Gatto Robert Gie Patrick Gimel Hugo Hempel Oskar Herzberg Vojislav Jakic Norbert Kox Charles Keeling Lassiter...
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Mixed Media Outsider Visionary Art Collage Twilight / Michael Jackson Laminated
By Tom Carapic
Located in Surfside, FL
This one is laminated in plastic.
Tom Carapic (born 1939), full name Tomislav Sava Čarapić, is an artist who specialises in found object artwork. He also does street art. A prominent Outsider Artist he was a featured artist in the American Visionary Art Museum's End is Near Exhibit. His work was also featured in the exhibition catalog. His work has been sold at Slotin Folk Art.
Carapic was born in Velisevac, Serbia (then Kingdom of Yugoslavia). He was educated at a military school in Herzegovina in the 1950s, and served as a sergeant in the Yugoslav People's Army. Afterwards he was denied a college education, possibly because he was not a member of the Communist Party, illegally crossed into Italy in 1961, and, from there, emigrated to the United States.
In 1965, he began attending classes at the New York Art Students League, but dropped out soon afterwards, eventually attending the Wilfred Academy of Beauty Culture. He was unable, however, to find steady beauty parlor employment, and worked in menial labor while attending classes in Spanish Education at Manhattan Community College. Due to a problem with accreditation, he was forced to switch to classes in the field of studio art. There he experienced hallucinatory visions that explained his repeated failures to obtain a degree.
In the late 1970s, Carapic began experiencing more hallucinatory visions; claiming that his degree problems were caused when "the evil marriage bureau massed the troops" against his college and proceeded with "an Air force bombardment" of the school. After receiving other visitations, he began making and showing his art.
Most of his art is centered on found objects, most famously computer keyboards, especially those by IBM. Most of his art consists of these objects, marked with black Sharpie markers, and with green thumbprints and handprints along the objects. His most famous exhibit in New York City is "Big Bang Theory," a doomsday warnings painted on computer keyboards and shoes and construction debris. Bears similarity to the Art Brut movement made famous by Jean Dubuffet.
He was inluded in The End is Near! an exhibit which included an unprecedented group of noted thinkers, from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Stephen Jay Gould to Reverend Howard Finster and Apocalypse culture expert ,Adam Parfrey, visionary artists brought together by curator, Roger Manley, for an amazing exhibition at the American Visionary Art Museum, the world’s largest ever mounted on the subjects of Apocalypse, Millennium, and Utopia.
The End is Near! featuredwork from the following visionary artists amongst others:
William Adkins Z.B. Armstrong Bill Bruley Frank Bruno Harry Leroy Brunson Tom Carapic Pierre Carbonel Howard Finster Tim Fowler Mary Mac Franklin Victor Joseph Gatto Robert Gie Patrick Gimel Hugo Hempel Oskar Herzberg Vojislav Jakic Norbert Kox Charles Keeling Lassiter...
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"Tribal Cloth, Ewe Ghana, " Multicolored Cotton Textile created circa 1965
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The Ewe people from Ghana are master weavers. People of means commission cloths called adanudo ("skilled/wise cloths"). Ewe adanudo textiles often display a tweed effect by twisting ...
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Cotton
"Fabric - Ashanti Tribal Cloth, " Silk Weaving from Africa circa 1930
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Among the most well-known West African textiles is kente cloth, woven by the Ewe and Asante peoples of Ghana. The word kente is not used by the Asante people; it may be derived from ...
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Silk
"Ceremonial Hunting Shirt - Yoruba, Nigeria, " Glass Beads, Shells, & Cloth
Located in Milwaukee, WI
For the Yoruba people of Nigeria, beads and shells are applied to ceremonial garments and headdresses. Beads are an important part of Yoruba culture. henry John Drewal has written th...
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Fabric, Glass, Found Objects
Classic, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Sharon Sieben paints a gestural portrait of a nude woman gracefully undressing her white robe. The figure strikes a classic pose as she contemplates a me...
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Oil
Rider, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Artist Jaime Ellsworth depicts a sturdy white stallion with its face out of frame. A girl with a red skirt—also obscured from perspective—stands on its back...
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Dachshunds and Hearts, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Artist Jessica JH Roller paints a portrait of a charming pair of long-bodied dogs. She draws inspiration from the jolly pet daschunds of her friend. Jessica's p...
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Acrylic
Root System, Original Painting
By Kira Yustak
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Kira Yustak reveals a diverse perspective of a thriving forest. Inspired by her deep connection with the earth, Kira depicts a large root system below th...
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Acrylic
Taking Flight, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Artist Jaime Ellsworth presents a black horse along with three white doves flying nearby. A pale full moon rises from above, illuminating the animals. Layers of...
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Acrylic
Fairy Tale, Original Painting
By Andrea Doss
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Andrea Doss presents a whimsical narrative of a fairy reading a book to animals in the forest. "She read all sorts of books, but her favorite kind were f...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art More Art
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Acrylic
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