A natural progression of events have led me to an interest in the questionable genre of “outsider art” (which I find to be an unjust descriptor, but for the sake of simplicity and acknowledgment of the futility of arguing semantics I will use) – a realization that I work in a similar manner to many of these artists, my interest in working more with what is available than what is ideal, rejection of or lack of formal training, and no ulterior motive besides the act of producing. Without any better place to begin, the doodles of Scottie Wilson were brought to the attention of Dubuffet who in turn brought outsider art to the attention of a greater populace. His drawings covered a good range of subject matter, many portraits, plants, simple designs rendered in pen and ink, heavy with hatching; the drawings’ isolation from prior schools of technique create a sort of mythology of their own (Wilson coined the terms “Greedies” and “Evils” to describe particular figures).
From outsidein.org, focusing on outsider art. Provides a good biography of Wilson's life and discovery (always an important and interesting read).
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