Featured Artist – Jim Kopp

Self taught artist who has been painting for 20 years. Most paintings consist of found objects on wood assemblages. The materials that I use are found pieces that I discover through the city where I live. I have shown in art museums and galleries throughout my career and have artwork scattered throughout the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe.

Featured Artist

Jim Kopp – Casper, WY
Instagram

New Day Rising (Woman with Dog) Medium House paint on wood assemblage. Size 24 x 48 inches — **New Day Rising (Woman with Dog)**
House paint on wood assemblage
24 x 48 inches

One Flower Medium House paint and collage on cabinet door. Size 18 x 22 inches — **One Flower**
House paint and collage on cabinet door
18 x 22 inches

Three Figures with Wings Medium Housepaint on wood assemblage Size 22.5 x 24 inches — **Three Figures with Wings**
House paint on wood assemblage
22.5 x 24 inches

The Funambulist. Medium House paint and collage on cabinet door. Size 18 x 22 inches — **The Funambulist**
House paint and collage on cabinet door
18 x 22 inches

Issue One is Here

Issue One is now available in digital and print.

Digital – FREE

Print $20

We’re also accepting art submissions for issue two. Submit your Art

Featured Artist – Haimeng Cao

Haimeng Cao is a freelance artist in Los Angeles, and works for film and game industry. His skills focus on concept design and visual development. The medium of the work is digital painting, rendering and modeling. He was influenced by several dystopian novels, especially 1984 and Brave New World, and the artists such as Mobius and Katsuhiro Otomo. The theme of his work is mainly about future city landscape design, the atmosphere and mood of the works otherwise indicate the totalitarian and formalized future societies. Every piece of work has unique camera angle and displays spectacular panorama of the city. Each city has different architecture styles and atmospheres. The story is established within those techniques.

Featured Artist

Haimeng Cao – Irvine, CA

Battle Machinary Medium Digital Art Size 3500×5915 — **Battle Machinary**
Digital Art
3500×5915

City Rig System Medium Digital Art Size 3000×1286 — **City Rig System**
Digital Art
3000×1286

Rig Structure Medium Digital Art Size 5236×3500 — **Rig Structure**
Digital Art
5236×3500

Tank and Heavy Cannon Medium Digital Art Size 3000×1285 — **Tank and Heavy Cannon**
Digital Art
3000×1285

Featured Artist – Justin Aerni

I’ve been making and selling my art professionally for over a decade. I’ve had the opportunity to dabble in the creation of film making, producing & directing music videos and album art for King Gordy, MC V1RUS, Ebbo Kraan, Vazytouille, Placenta Recordings & New Era Hippie. To Date, I’ve published ten books ranging from poetry, Graphic Novels to choose your own adventure. I run a little indie publishing company called PEPTFIM LLC. which stands for “People Eat People The Future Is Murder.” Lately, I’ve really enjoyed recording & Producing my own experimental music and curating art shows.

Featured Artist

Justin Aerni – Vancouver, WA
Instagram

justinaerni@gmail.com
(503)453-3596

Marshmallow Face Medium Acrylic resin on altered marshmallow as a high relief wass sculture. Size 18.5" x 16.5" — **Marshmallow Face**
Acrylic resin on altered marshmallow as a high relief wass sculpture
18.5″ x 16.5″

CASPER1 Medium Acrylics On Card-stock Paper. Size 44" x 34" — **CASPER1**
Acrylics On Card-stock Paper
44″ x 34″

White Devil Am I Medium Acrylics, Pen & Ink on Altered Acid Free Paper. Size 8.5" x 11" — **White Devil Am I**
Acrylics, Pen & Ink on Altered Acid Free Paper
8.5″ x 11″

Beautiful All This Beauty At The Moment Of Destruction Medium Acrylics on Card-stock Paper. Size 55" x 42" — **Beautiful All This Beauty At The Moment Of Destruction**
Acrylics on Card-stock Paper
55″ x 42″

Issue One Selected Artists

Selected Artists – Issue One

20 Artists in no particular order to be featured in issue one of Outsider – Art from the Outside.

B. Lucy Stevens – Providence, RI

Robert Frankel – Wilmette, IL

Sue Moerder – Hammonton, NJ

Luke Whiteside – Seven Springs, NC

Maryanne Chisholm – Tucson, AZ

Alexandra Mia Monkewitz – Vienna, Austria

Liam The Wind – Los Angeles, CA

Cecily Fazekas – Sedona, AZ

Pedro Troncoso – Bronx, NY

Orla Bird – Zagreb, Croatia

Fotios Balas – Thessaloniki, Greece

John McCabe – Laguna Niguel, CA

Anna Deligianni – Athens, Greece

Samuuel Case – Coatesville, PA

Allen Egan – Gatineau, Quebec

Ricky De La Cruz – Nashville, TN

Andy Dykeman – St. Louis, MO

Charlotte Rodgers – Bath, UK

Goda Mačėnaitė – Vilnius, Lithuania

Simon Gower – Plettenberg Bay, South Africa

Featured Artist – B. Lucy Stevens

B. Lucy Stevens – Providence, RI
Instagram

B. Lucy Stevens is an internationally recognized, self-taught artist living in Providence, Rhode Island. Lucy paints intuitively, her work is vibrant and expressionistic, daily life imagined in a brilliant cacophony of color and pattern. She is inspired by primitive and outsider art and her far-flung travels, from South America, to Indonesia to the South of France, where she lived for a year on a flower farm.

Lucy leads art workshops for children in underserved communities and for adults with developmental disabilities, and she is hugely inspired by their art as well. Her work has been featured in galleries and shows throughout the U.S. as well as in France and the U.K.

My paintings are everything I think and feel and witness, everything I find funny and sad and absurd. They are my offering of myself to the world.

Bali Dreaming Medium acrylic, collage, oil pastel on canvas Size 30x40 — *Bali Dreaming*
acrylic, collage, oil pastel on canvas
30×40

Checkered Dress Lady Medium acrylic, collage, oil pastel on canvas Size 30x40 — *Checkered Dress Lady*
acrylic, collage, oil pastel on canvas
30×40

Bus Stop Medium acrylic, collage, oil pastel Size 30x40 — *Bus Stop*
acrylic, collage, oil pastel
30×40

Girl And Devil Medium acrylic, oil pastel on canvas Size 24x36 — *Girl and Devil*
acrylic, oil pastel on canvas
24×36

Featured Artist – Amy O’Hearn

I’m Amy O’Hearn, a New Orleans artist who works from home. Art has saved my soul. For years, I felt I had no inspiration, I was restrained by a rigid job and completely drained every day. Until I started painting. Through a meditative and intuitive approach, I have ignited my passion and unleashed my creativity. I thrive on the risk and spontaneity of not having a plan before I start to paint, I clear my mind and let the colors and the brush take me away. I find it very fulfilling when other people interpret my art, noticing things I haven’t. When possible, I like to name my paintings after the visions others see.

Featured Artist

Amy O’Hearn – New Orleans, LA
Instagram

Artist Bio:

Artist statement:

My artwork is the culmination of tiny triumphs and mistakes that make it beautiful. I choose different colors and add new layers each time I work on a painting. Each session inspires the choices for the next. I might dislike the shapes or colors one day, but I will keep them in and continue to build until it transforms into something I love. I use a variety of brushes, artist tools and multiple layers that provide texture in my pieces. I especially like to use detail brushes for smooth natural edges, spotting (dots) and subtle combinations of color. When painting subject matter, I like to incorporate the same intuitive approach. The object is the inspiration and my painting is not constrained to the rules of reality. I accomplish this through color choices, not-to-scale sketching, experimenting with the background and the use of bold outlines.

Soul Elevator Medium Oil on Canvas Size 14 in X 11 in — *Soul Elevator*
Oil on Canvas
14 in X 11 in

Rosettes Medium Oil on Wood board Size 26 in X 17 in — *Rosettes*
Oil on Wood board
26 in X 17 in

Lady of the Forest Medium Oil on Canvas Size 14 in X 11 in — *Lady of the Forest*
Oil on Canvas
14 in X 11 in

Wind and Waves Medium Acrylic on Canvas Size 12 in X 12 in — *Wind and Waves*
Acrylic on Canvas
12 in X 12 in

Featured Artist – Kathy Copsey

Kathy S. Copsey is a self-taught artist and has been a serious artist since the age of 8 years old. Her focus is on pencil and digital drawings and acrylic and oil paintings, but she works with other mediums as well including computer graphics and minor video editing and production. Kathy’s purpose as an artist is to share, convey, and recreate the love and passion that she feels in whatever the subject matter is that she is working with. Through the creation of art, one is able to explore one’s passions, perhaps creating inspiration and the drive within others to strive for their own goals.

Featured Artist

Kathy Copsey – Camarillo, CA
Instagram

Always continually striving to learn and improve her craft, Kathy works with all kinds of subject matters, but her main specialty focuses on animals and nature. She has always loved animals since very young, and she loves being able to convey their spirits and souls thru her art. You can find Kathy’s artwork throughout Ventura and LA counties as well as online thru her website (www.ksdesigns16.com), online vendors, and social media, and she has had her artwork spread as far away as two Kung Fu schools in China. No matter what she already has ready and available, she is always more than happy to create that special custom piece for every request and occasion.

The Dream Of A Nebula Coming To Life Medium Acrylic on Canvas Size 22x28" — The Dream Of A Nebula Coming To Life
Medium
Acrylic on Canvas
Size
22×28″

The Fury Within Medium Digital Drawing Size 9x12" — The Fury Within
Medium
Digital Drawing
Size
9×12″

Crane Spirit Medium Pencil Drawing Size 9x12" — Crane Spirit
Medium
Pencil Drawing
Size
9×12″

When Tiger Meets Dragon Medium Pencil Drawing Size 9x12" — When Tiger Meets Dragon
Medium
Pencil Drawing
Size
9×12″

Featured Artist – Cate Peacock

I paint because I must. I paint for the memory of my daughter who loved animals.

Featured Artist

Cate Peacock – Sacramento, CA

I paint because I must. I paint for the memory of my daughter who loved animals.

A Warm Goat Medium Oil on canvas Size 3' x 2' x 4" — A Warm Goat
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
3′ x 2′ x 4″

Goat in a fur coat Medium Oil on canvas Size 3' x 2' x 4" — Goat in a fur coat
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
3′ x 2′ x 4″

Nathalie's Blonde Medium Oil on Canvas Size 20"x 24"x1" — Nathalie’s Blonde
Medium
Oil on Canvas
Size
20″x 24″x1″

A Sheep in Goat's Clothing Medium Oil on Canvas Size 20"x 24"x1" — A Sheep in Goat’s Clothing
Medium
Oil on Canvas
Size
20″x 24″x1″

Featured Artist – Anindita Dasgupta

Featured Artist

Anindita Dasgupta – Dallas, TX
Instagram

A self-taught artist, I make abstract, intuitive and impressionistic floral art, occasionally foraying into landscapes. Use of colors is very vivid in all my pieces. They are mostly acrylics on both canvas and paper, a few are mixed media (mostly acrylic and soft pastels) and watercolor too. I have also started with Digital Art form, and there are a couple of those pieces that you will find in my shop.

Art has been my passion from the time I was a little girl, however, I had to navigate through life’s very arduous challenges for over two decades. During this time of severity, when I had a formidable task of just surviving with dignity, my art was all forgotten. Though I always wanted to paint but I kept losing touch and more importantly I started losing my confidence and I felt my brushes would not be in my control, my colors would not look beautiful enough on canvas. But as fate and my undying desire for creating art would have had it, fast forward 2016, one fine day I just walked up to ‘Michael’s’, and bought a bunch of art supplies and that day, it was after after 23 years that I picked up my paint brush once again and I haven’t stopped even for a day ever since.

I am in awe of great artists like Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Gustav Klimt- whose use of gold in his art fascinates me. Among more contemporary artists, I truly admire the works of Karen Silve, Erin Gregory, Flora Bowley and I am also thoroughly inspired by them.

My long lost love and gratification- ART- is my absolute full time engagement now. Learning, painting, experimenting, creating, experiencing the euphoria and marveling at destiny, the opportunity this country has given me and at God’s ways to reward! I have finally started my Etsy shop a little over a month ago. I also direct sell my original art pieces for now. I hope to spread vibes n vibrancy of colors through my work. I also hope that my art will delight people and bring positive energy for all who see and own them!

Featured Artist

Jim Kopp – Casper, WY Instagram

Featured Artist

Justin Aerni – Vancouver, WA Instagram

B. Lucy Stevens – Providence, RI Instagram

Featured Artist

Cate Peacock – Sacramento, CA

Jim Kopp – Casper, WY
Instagram

Justin Aerni – Vancouver, WA
Instagram

B. Lucy Stevens – Providence, RI
Instagram