this week in outsider art: two cool cats and two black jesuses, possum trot dolls, a pink sheep + more
plus, peace and happiness from nellie mae rowe and another seven headed dog
THIS WEEK IN OUTSIDER ART
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FEATURED ARTIST
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Reneesha Mccoy, working artist and mother of three, somehow has so much artwork she has to sell the work she has before she can start making anymore. Her work continues to inspire and blow me away. She continues to explore the anatomy of the female form and challenging herself to present her interpretation in new and conceptual ways, more and more unique artworks have been added to the FolkArtwork Collective shop and more are on the way.
> RENEESHA MCCOY is a self-taught artist who began her artistic practice in 2019, living and working in North Carolina. She works primarily in acrylics and oil pastels, though in some of her works you’ll notice the additional exploration of various mediums like colored pencil, ink, and paint markers.
A principle theme in Reneesha’s work is her celebration of the consequence of life and nature in relation to the female body, often in abstracted ways. She uses her personal experience to highlight the internal and external effects of childbirth, particularly the physical changes that occur from breastfeeding.
MUST-WATCH
In 1982, Roger Ricco visited and filmed the painting studio of William Hawkins. in Columbus, Ohio. Enjoy this must-watch documentary short on their visit. Released in conjunction with a William Hawkins solo exhibition at Ricco/Maresca Gallery in 2013.
“My manager bought me 7-8 brushes… I ain’t gonna use but one brush (laughs). I just wipe it off and put it in another … in red, blue,… purple. Green… yellow. I wipe my brush off and mix my paint up, you see, put that on, that same em’, use that same brush.”
WILLIAM HAWKINS
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