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I find the styles of 'outsider art' really interesting ... posters, tattos, comics and cartoons have their own stylistic forms and language ... there are obviously individual artists styles within them but the genre has a certain 'look' (you rarely see a cartoon that's strictly representational, Boris was instantly recognisable as Boris but not because it was a good likeness) ... the one that's changing most is tattoo art .... probably because the current mass of clients have a very different demographic from the traditional 'ink-wearer' ... in the last decade we've seen the rise of the highly detailed and conventional portrait/picture style ... very skilled (my nephew's lad is a real craftsman at the style) ... but personally it leaves me cold ... you may as well put your arm* under a laser-printer. Fortunately there still does seem to be a market for the more traditional tattoo style .... and maybe it will shift back when the legions of Kylies and Tarquins tire of having a photographic image of Robbie Williams or Justin Beiber on their bums.

K

* other body parts are available

He did a few car related ones, which when you think how rare cars were in the early 1900's, I'll try and find those

Lest We Forget’ sand artwork, by Harry Maddox.
Tregirls Beach, Padstow, Cornwall.

An incredible tribute by Harry Maddox to the sacrifice made by our Armed Forces 🎖️ These are full size and done entirely with a spring rake

AD was also responsible for the Duratec engine, I think.

Lest we Forget

Ode to Pictorialism.



Iphigenia, 1907



Play of Light, Los Angeles, 1912

Well we were blown away when we came across some of this gentlemans work in the exterior wall of a new knob art gallery in Kingsbridge yesterday afternoon, the detail is fantastic with butterflies, beetles and bees in gold paint among the foxgloves.

You can see the commission on the link it's the one with the globe on a pedestal in the backdrop garden, such skill and imagination.

^ The startled expression of the horse (or zebra?) sat in the forge flame...

Yes I had the same reaction and almost felt sorry for it..

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And if you are visiting london village here you go..