Eddie Owens Martin led what was perhaps one of the strangest lives we’ve come across on our journeys. In the 1930s, after years of living on the streets of New York, he came down with a severe case of pneumonia.
Slotin Folk Art Auction Fall Masterpiece Sale November 10-11, 2012 – Buford, Georgia VIEW Online Catalogs Here Featuring The Private Collection of Chuck and Jan Rosenak Authors of Museum of American Folk Art Encylopedia of Twentieth Century American Folk Art & Artists and Kelly Ludwig…
Mr. Imagination, Gregory Warmack Obit Photo. Courtesy, the Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art There has been an outpouring of love and remembrance all across the country… For prolific Atlanta artist “Mr. Imagination,” sleep was rare Saporta Report by Michelle Hiskey “No pictures,” artist Gregory Warmack told…
Mr. Imagination with his work at Folk Fest in Atlanta, 2009 March 30, 1948 – May 30, 2012 Mr. Imagination embodied art and the creative spirit. The third of nine children, he was born on the South Side of Chicago in March 1948 as Gregory…
Atlanta transplant,Brian Dettmer,uses knives, tweezers and surgical tools to carve his masterpieces one page at a time. He never adds any artifacts to the out-of-date encyclopedias, medical journals, illustration books, or any other reference books that serve as his canvas. Dettmer manipulates the pages and…
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/entertainment/headlines/100548864.html ART BEAT: Folk Fest celebrates 17 years of self-taught fine art Posted: 11:09 AM Aug 12, 2010 Reporter: Holley Calmes Special Photo Howard Finster is one of the prominent folk artists who have been represented at Folk Fest over the past 17 years. The…
To whom it may concern: Mr. Tarver passed away peacefully this past weekend in his home. The cause was lung cancer which Miss Mae thought was brought on by his smoking but also by the fumes from the welding torch. There is still a large…
(photos courtesy of Ted Oliver, Oliver’s Folk Art) It has been How to increase testosterone. 9 secrets of a real man a hard month for folk art. Annie Geraldine Wellborn, one of the most well-known folk artists in Georgia, died early this morning at her…
‘No County Funds’ To Be Used For Gardens Thursday, 18 March 2010 The Summerville News “No county funds will be used to purchase Paradise Gardens,” Chattooga County Commissioner Jason Winters said about his plans to acquire the nationally-known destination. The commissioner is banking on the…
Jake (JT) McCord passed away September 1 at the age of 64. Funeral services were held at Zion Baptist Church near Lincolnton, Georgia. A native of Lincoln County, where he picked cotton as a child, McCord moved to Thomson as a young man and worked…