The latest artist showcase focuses on Cour d’Blax-Neeck’s Aitchverse creations. In this post, Cour d’Blax-Neeck’s responses to questions about their work are accompanied by their renderings of the Aitchverse, which appear in chronological order, representing several of the styles they work in.
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Artist Showcase: Michel Meraud
This latest artist showcase brings you the intricate work of self-taught French artist Michel Meraud.
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Artist Showcase: Jon Sarkin
This Artist Showcase features the wonderfully diverse work of American self-taught artist Jon Sarkin. Below, you can read an interview with Jon about his work, or watch him talking about it in a video. Scroll down even further to view a curated selection of Jon’s works and find a link to his website.
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Raku Ray Gun Sculptures by West Magoon
“I grew up on the Magoon Ranch, outside Lusk, Wyoming, originally homesteaded by my grandfather in 1886. When I was four years old an old sheepherder, by the name of John the Baptist, showed me incredible chains that he carved out of willow. As soon as I saw them I wanted to make them but it would be six or seven more years before I began whittling with a knife and later, building race cars with hollow eggs and plastic model car parts. Around the age of 12, I began building ships in bottles, eventually discovering a technique for connecting the separate pieces by embedding magnets in the wood. This led to building spaceships in bottles and later, carved wooden robots inhabiting chemistry flasks.
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Artist Showcase: Nicola Stradiotto
This latest artist showcase highlights the work of Nicola Stradiotto
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Artist Showcase: Yvette Hess
This latest artist showcase highlights the work of Yvette Hess.
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Artist Showcase: Claudio Parentela
This artist showcase highlights the life and work of Italian artist Claudio Parentela.
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Artist showcase: Paris Sergiou
The latest artist showcase introduces work by Paris Sergiou, a Greek artist currently living in Cyprus. Paris creates drawings, paintings and 3D works. His drawings are absolutely spontaneous – inspired by anything that is happening around him; TV, people, anything. His paintings on the other hand are carefully calculated and prepared before he begins applying any colour. Below, Paris answers a few questions about his work and his life as an artist.
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Artist Showcase: Thomas Riesner
The latest showcase comes from Thomas Riesner – please note, the text has been translated to English from German.
Soul Worlds 1 My interest in art started in 1990 in a club for mentally ill people. The club is called Durchblick e.v. in Leipzig. It is a gallery and a museum.
Radiation 5 I don’t have a starting point for my works of art. That might sound a bit strange. I just start painting. Everything arises from the subconscious. Actually, my own mind and soul influence me and music and films also influence me more often.
Infection 1 I hope that the viewer will see what I don’t see.
Virus 2 The term outsider art doesn’t bother me.
Fixierung 2 I’m working on a drawing and the moment and I hope that I will keep painting and drawing.
Radiation 4 
Soul Worlds 3 
Balljungs 
Radiation 6 
Fixierung 5 
Infection 2 
Spielen 1 
Soul Worlds 2 Click here to see more of Thomas’ work
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Artist Showcase: Jack Oliver
The latest Artist Showcase comes from Jack Oliver. If you would like to see your work on the blog, please get in touch by emailing kdoutsiderart@yahoo.com.
Punch and Judy “I have been painting and drawing for as long as I can remember.
I don’t really have a specific starting point. I start drawing and it evolves, grows from there. I often leave it and go back to it over a period of time. That said, some are started and finished very quickly. It depends on how I’m feeling and what I’m thinking. I might want to concentrate on the smallest detail and other times feel that I can be bolder and just go for it.
Where the Wyrd Walk A childlike notion of monsters is a theme that I often visit. Certain imagery sticks with me though this can manifest itself in different ways. Dreams play a great part in my work and there’s an element of feverishness around the need to get it down on paper, so sometimes I can be drawing all night without any preconceived plan; the process almost automatic.
Nightmare One Million and One Outsider art for me is a place where I can fit in. I’m therefore happy with this definition. The struggle of the individual artist with their unique vision, sometimes borne out of being self taught, is always interesting as you can see this reflected in their work. I love the work of Nick Blinko, Friedrich Schroder Sonnerstern and Unica Zurn. I share similar struggles as these wonderful artists. I suffer schizophrenia and this battle goes into my art also. I am an outsider in life and I hope that my art can find a place within that.
Ratfink I am always drawing and painting. Some of my best pieces have been bound in my two books; both were to showcase my work in the hope that one day these may be published as an artists representation of schizophrenia. I am currently finishing off an ink drawing of a serpent.
Prison I would hope to have my books published one day and I would really like to experience the opportunity of an exhibition. However, even if these things are not achieved, I will continue to draw and paint for the pleasure and cathartic nature of it. My goal in art is to continue to create work that I feel satisfied with; whether people like it or not, though obviously it would give me a great sense of achievement if people liked looking at my work.”
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Foot Head Click here to see more of Jack’s work
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