These are fascinating to me. Louis Wain is an English painter who suffered from a late onset of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is fascinating to me in general; but these are way up there for me. Its very peculiar that when one door closes, another opens: Like he was declared insane and institutionalized because he simply could not function. But he made these amazing paintings. Supposedly he had a cat named Peter and painted him to amuse his sick wife.. And they went from normal to sooooo abstract. I hope you will enjoy them as I do.
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'Gouache' is my fave btw.
Lyle Rexer's book on Outsider Art is tops- used on amazon- like $4...
i got some skills in da gouache, it's pretty fun.
barry mcgee, has the MADDEST skills in the gouache, as does clare rojas.
didn't this dude have some influence on the the cheshire cat?
if you like schizophrenic art you should check out this dude "CJS". he rocks
Karen this is my favorite post on MV yet!
Karen this is my favorite post on MV yet!
@Mavis: Good!! It was actually mainly for u. CJS? Yeah I hear he's CRAZY. I'll check him ouuuutt (like whoa).
btw, the third one from the bottom is terrifying!!
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