Creator Record
Metadata
Name |
Willie Willie |
Nationality |
American |
Notes |
Willie Willie's work has been exhibited in the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore and has been featured in Betty-Carol Sellen's book, "Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art." He has been a featured artist at the Kentuck Festival for the last few years, and his work continues to grow in popularity at the Outsider Art Fair in New York City. |
Publications |
featured artist, "Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art" by Betty-Carol Sellen |
Places of residence |
American South |
Role |
Artist |
Education |
self-taught |
Related Records
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2021.005.008 - Painting
This mixed media piece is of a portrait painted on a rectangular tin cut out. As with many of Willie's other works, the wooden frame he created functions as part of the overall composition. Burnt orange tin is inlaid the wooden frame. Painted on the tin is a portrait of a Black subject wearing a buttoned yellow top and an orange bucket hat. The subject is painted with aqua colored hair and blue-gray eyeshadow. It is framed within the tin by a de...
Record Type: Object
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2021.005.009 - Painting
This mixed media work depicts an elongated portrait which is painted with acrylic on wood. The artist constructed a frame painted with a vibrant red which bleeds into the portrait's shoulders. In the background, the wood's texture shows through the applied paint giving the piece tactile texture. Blends of orange and purple make up the background's palette. The outlines of the portrait's features are marked with a thick black contour line. The fac...
Record Type: Object
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2021.005.010 - Painting
This mixed media piece comprises a painted metal cut out inlaid a partially painted wooden frame. As with many of Willie's other works, the wooden frame he created functions as part of the overall composition. The frame appears weathered with paint blotches of faint greens. A square metal piece is tacked to the wooden frame. The negative space of the metal is cut out to bring out the shape of two abstractly rendered faces; they are painted with a...
Record Type: Object
