Last month, two of my amazing friends were joined together in marriage. Because both the bride and the groom have artistic backgrounds, I wasn’t about to pull something off their registry for their wedding present. So, in an attempt to find something creative and unique, I found myself googling “folk art”. Over the past couple of years, I have developed a weird obsession for outsider art…I can’t really say when or why it started, but I remember seeing something about Butch Anthony on American Pickers and thinking, “That’s it. I’m in love with folk art!”
One of the hits I got when googling “folk art” was Yard Dog, a contemporary folk art gallery located in Austin, Texas, and right away I saw a piece that blew me away. It was a painted Hank Williams woodcut by Lisa Brawn and instantly I needed to know more. After spending an hour (or more) on her website, I decided that I had to have at least 20 of her painted woodcuts! Lisa Brawn's work is truly captivating. The colors are so vibrant and her one-of-a-kind technique is clever. She makes woodcuts out of Douglas Fir, but she doesn’t print them - she paints them, creating a nice layering of texture. Another thing I like about her work is the subject matter - in addition to owls and loons, she's painted everyone from Ghandi to Joe Strummer.
In the end, I didn’t purchase ANY folk art for my friends, but I definitely found a new favorite artist! Let me know what you think, and go check out the rest of her work on her website: www.lisabrawn.com.
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| Cher | © 2009 Lisa Brawn Eugene Levy | © 2009 Lisa Brawn Burt Reynolds | © 2009 Lisa Brawn |
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| Pileated Woodpecker | © 2010 Lisa Brawn Barn Owl 2 | © 2010 Lisa Brawn Cardinal 3 | © 2010 Lisa Brawn |
love the Cardinal!
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