Tag: outsider art

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

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.

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 Selected Artists

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 – 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

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.

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.

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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 – Tatiana Klimov

A native Russian from Saint Petersburg, Russia, Tatiana found her second home in Los Alamos 23 years ago. In spite of having a college degree in metallurgy, she has worked in the fashion and beauty business. In Russia, she owned and ran a private crafts school. Shortly after relocating to the US, she opened her own business “Nature Care for Skin & Hair.” She has always enjoyed designing and making clothes, knitting, crochet, quilt, and embroidery based on her own designs. Even as a child she had passion for art and especially drawing. Around last spring 2017 she decided to pursue her desire for expressing her inner self in the form of “Happy paintings.” Her philosophy of paintings is to portray positive energy and happiness by splashing bright colors on canvas to share the beauty and inspiration she finds through her love of nature. In nature, there are shapes, colors, textures, fragrances, sounds, and tastes to be experienced. From rock formations to butterflies, all forms of natural scenery have a deep internal message of their essence. Tatiana is attempting to convey that spiritualis, or “breath,” from the nature around us, to the viewer through her art. She weaves a waltz of colors and shapes into a “happy dance,” to make the day of the viewer a better place.

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Featured Artist

Tatiana Klimov – Los Alamos, NM

A native Russian from Saint Petersburg, Russia, Tatiana found her second home in Los Alamos 23 years ago. In spite of having a college degree in metallurgy, she has worked in the fashion and beauty business. In Russia, she owned and ran a private crafts school. Shortly after relocating to the US, she opened her own business “Nature Care for Skin & Hair.” She has always enjoyed designing and making clothes, knitting, crochet, quilt, and embroidery based on her own designs. Even as a child she had passion for art and especially drawing. Around last spring 2017 she decided to pursue her desire for expressing her inner self in the form of “Happy paintings.” Her philosophy of paintings is to portray positive energy and happiness by splashing bright colors on canvas to share the beauty and inspiration she finds through her love of nature. In nature, there are shapes, colors, textures, fragrances, sounds, and tastes to be experienced. From rock formations to butterflies, all forms of natural scenery have a deep internal message of their essence. Tatiana is attempting to convey that spiritualis, or “breath,” from the nature around us, to the viewer through her art. She weaves a waltz of colors and shapes into a “happy dance,” to make the day of the viewer a better place.

Frozen Medium oil Size 24"x24"
Frozen
oil
24″x24″
J Medium oil Size 12"x12"
J
oil
12″x12″
Love Medium oil Size 12"x12"
Love
oil
12″x12″
Feelings Medium oil Size 12"x12"
Feelings
oil
12″x12″

Featured Artist – Robert Frankel

I LIKE TO NOTICE THINGS: patterns of cracks on the street, colors of sprinkles scattered across the white icing on a doughnut, the texture of peeling bark. I try to use my brush to capture the tension between patterns, colors, and textures. If I am successful, those who view my work will feel the same joy I feel when creating it.

Featured Artist

Robert Frankel – Wilmette, IL

I LIKE TO NOTICE THINGS: patterns of cracks on the street, colors of sprinkles scattered across the white icing on a doughnut, the texture of peeling bark. I try to use my brush to capture the tension between patterns, colors, and textures. If I am successful, those who view my work will feel the same joy I feel when creating it.

Geo 11 Medium Acrylic on canvas Size 40 x 30 x 1.5
Geo 11
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 30 x 1.5
Geo 10 Medium Acrylic on canvas Size 36 x 24 x 1
Geo 10
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 24 x 1
Geo 20 Medium Acrylic on canvas Size 40 x 30 x 1.5
Geo 20
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 30 x 1.5
Geo 22 Medium Acrylic on canvas Size 40 x 30 x 1.5
Geo 22
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 30 x 1.5

Featured Artist – Cory Graham

In rural Appalachia, where tradition reigns supreme, an emerging art and music scene has dared to challenge the outside notions of the region. Steeped in history, awash in natural beauty and with a culture rarely visible outside of the hills, this oft-forgotten region of America is carving out its place among the most culturally relevant to the 21st century. Among those seeking to change perspectives and bring new eyes to the rolling hills is Cory Graham. With no formal training, and only a passion to break down walls surrounding his community, Graham seeks to share views and moments not typically associated with rural America. Deeply political, often angry, and with a focus on progress at all costs, Cory Graham’s work shouts with the voices of forgotten Americans who demand to be heard.  

Featured Artist

Cory Graham – Stanton, KY
Instagram

In rural Appalachia, where tradition reigns supreme, an emerging art and music scene has dared to challenge the outside notions of the region. Steeped in history, awash in natural beauty and with a culture rarely visible outside of the hills, this oft-forgotten region of America is carving out its place among the most culturally relevant to the 21st century. Among those seeking to change perspectives and bring new eyes to the rolling hills is Cory Graham. With no formal training, and only a passion to break down walls surrounding his community, Graham seeks to share views and moments not typically associated with rural America. Deeply political, often angry, and with a focus on progress at all costs, Cory Graham’s work shouts with the voices of forgotten Americans who demand to be heard.

Silence Medium Oil on Canvas Size 18 X 24

Silence
Oil on Canvas
18 X 24
Rapture Medium Photography Size 11 X 14

Rapture
Photography
11 X 14
Collapse Medium Mixed Media Size 24 X 36

Collapse
Mixed Media
24 X 36
Chechnya Medium Digital Size 18 X 24

Chechnya
Digital
18 X 24

Featured Artist – Matthew Clarke

Featured Artist – Matthew Clarke

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Featured Artist

Matthew Clarke – Kirkstall, Victoria, Australia
Instagram

selfie Medium Acrylic on linen Size 122 x 94 cm
selfie
Acrylic on linen
122 x 94 cm
between heaven and hell Medium Acrylic on canvas Size 130 x 205 cm
between heaven and hell
Acrylic on canvas
130 x 205 cm
Future me of the Barossa Medium Acrylic on canvas Size 190cm x 110cm
Future me of the Barossa
Acrylic on canvas
190cm x 110cm
Barry Tate and balke Medium acrylic on canvas Size 122cm x 91cm
Barry Tate and balke
acrylic on canvas
122cm x 91cm

 

Featured Artist – Sue Moerder

I grew up in an Art home with a Photographer Father, an Elementary School Art Teacher Mother, and Artistic Sister and Brother. Art was always a huge part of my life so going to the Art school where my parents met was probably meant to be. I studied Illustration at Philadelphia College of Art (when it was called that) and then got side tracked in Advertising when I graduated.

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Sue Moerder – Hammonton, NJ
Instagram

I grew up in an Art home with a Photographer Father, an Elementary School Art Teacher Mother, and Artistic Sister and Brother. Art was always a huge part of my life so going to the Art school where my parents met was probably meant to be. I studied Illustration at Philadelphia College of Art (when it was called that) and then got side tracked in Advertising when I graduated.

While I was in college and a few years after I exhibited my Soft-Sculpture in Galleries in Phila, New York, New Jersey, and Baltimore. Was published in the books “Outstanding American Illustrators” and “3-Dimensional Illustration” and magazines “Print Magazine” and “Baltimore Magazine”.

A weird sequence of events landed me in Tattooing for the past 16 years, with my own Tattoo Shop/Art Playground for last 7 of them.
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I love Tattooing but the Sculptor in me couldn’t be denied and I started sculpting again with skulls – I love taking skulls and assembling them with manmade objects that are old and discarded, but still beautiful in their own way. It’s like putting together a puzzle of shapes and textures – and giving new life to the dead and discarded.
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I’ve been told what to do with my talents most of my life, and it has definitely influenced my art – this is my own personal artistic voice – my sanity – my passion.

Still Born (Collaboration w/ Mari Bennett - the Mummy Baby) Medium Mixed Media Size 24"x32"x12"
Still Born (Collaboration w/ Mari Bennett – the Mummy Baby)
Mixed Media
24″x32″x12″
Fallen Angel Medium Mixed Media Size 68"x24"x24"
Fallen Angel
Mixed Media
68″x24″x24″
Bare Back Medium Mixed Media Size 28"x28"x11"
Bare Back
Mixed Media
28″x28″x11″
Mermaid Floor Lamp Medium Mixed Media Size 67"x12"x15"
Mermaid Floor Lamp
Mixed Media
67″x12″x15″