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this week in outsider art the three most popular works from 2024, a clown with a compound fracture, a snake trivet, a roosters rug and happy public domain day!

Jan 05, 2025

THIS WEEK IN OUTSIDER ART

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» THE BEST OF 2024 «

**JUNE GUTMAN** Med History (no date) // Colored Pencil, graphite, pen on paper; 6" × 8.5" via *Kishka Gallery and Library — #3 most popular post of 2024*

The greatest medicine cabinet ever, found in a barn in Vermont as seen at Aarne Anton's Outsider Art Fair booth — *#2 most popular post of 2024*

Per Aarne Anton: “It’s on our back porch now and will come to the NAMELESS Show end of January. There is a cowboy pictured on back of door.”

The most popular post of 2024 — **LUSTER WILLIS** Hands Up (1987) via *Slotin Folk Art Auction*

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**ABEL BURGER** Blue Hawk (date unknown) // Graphite on paper; 11.5" x 8.25" via *PULP Holyoke*

**JOHN HENRY HASELTINE** Rodeo Clown with Compound Fracture (c. 2020) // Acrylic on Canvas via *the artist*

**UNIDENTIFIED** Untitled (Snake Trivet) (late 19th or early 20th century) // Hand-forged metal via *Smithsonian American Art Museum*

**ARTIST UNKNOWN** Roosters Hooked Rug (Circa 1930; Pennsylvania) // Cotton; 22" x 39" via *Stella Rubin Antiques*

**HENRY MCDONALD** Alligator (2024) // Fine art print on Premium Giclee paper bordered with deckled edge; 11" x 14" via *SAGE Studio and Gallery*

Henry McDonald (b. 1961) started painting at a day program and quickly became a prolific and devoted artist. His subjects are diverse, ranging from fruit to flowers to portraits. Regardless of what he portrays, all his work shares a similar joyful palette. McDonald also uses his art practice as a means to support his love of gift giving, frequently passing his work along to friends. When not making art, McDonald keeps busy; he enjoys bowling, going to the movies, and shopping.

**DEREK WEBSTER** Bird (1988) // Painted assemblage; 16 1/2 × 15 1/2 × 16 in. (41.91 × 39.37 × 40.64 cm) via *Milwaukee Art Museum*

**JIMMY LEE SUDDUTH** Untitled (n.d.) // Acrylic paint, and house paint on plywood; 23 1/2 x 23 1/2" via *American Folk Art Museum*

**JOHN HENRY TONEY** A religious man does not see the armadillo (1997) // Magic Marker on white board; 11 × 14 inches via *High Museum of Art*

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FEATURED ARTIST OF THE WEEK

**TOSHY** Blu Bull (2024) // Acrylic on wood; 36”x 48” courtesy *the artist*

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» Happy Public Domain Day «

On January 1, 2025, thousands of copyrighted works from 1929 entered the US public domain — including “The Skeleton Dance”, a 1929 Silly Symphony animated comedy horror short. Produced and directed by Walt Disney and animated by Ub Iwerks, the film features four human skeletons dance and make music around a spooky graveyard—a modern film example of medieval European “danse macabre” imagery.

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Animation on The Skeleton Dance began in January 1929, with Ub Iwerks animating the majority of the film in almost six weeks. Iwerks pulled inspiration for the skeletons from “pictures drawn by the English cartoonist Thomas Rowlandson”.

As of January 1st, 2025 — it is free for all to copy, share, and build upon.

SHOUT OUT

Shout out and congrats to my good friend Morteza Zahedi of Gallery Outsiderinn with the opening of his exhibit the features the work of self-taught artist BABA GHADAR's exquisite artwork.

FROM THE COLLECTIVE

DINAH HANSON-CARRILLO is a musician turned self-taught visual artist creating paintings inspired by memory, imagination, and the faces of musicians and actors. Influenced by tarot cards, alternate universes, and dreams, she uses repurposed canvases from thrift stores to paint surreal and beautiful stories.

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