Now This is Folk Art!!!

Introducing a breath of fresh air...Jen Hardwick,  Jen is a Seattle-based artist that specializes in art assemblage pieces using a combination of new and recycled materials. Her work is just so fresh and creative. This is the kind of artist that I want to be when I grow up (...lol I am probably older than her.) And of course, Jen is self-taught. Amazing....

 

The Bee Collector

 

Scrap Bot

 

Man or Machine?

 

 

Salvage Bot

 



Paper Owl

 



 

Fish Fish

(This is my favorite one)

 

For more information about this incredible folk artist:

Jen Hardwick/redhardwick~Mixed Media
jen-hardwick.com
redheadhardwick@gmail.com

 

What is Contemporary Folk Art?

 

The purpose of this blog is to share with the world what is new and exciting in the contemporary folk art field. Before I do that, I feel it is best to define exactly what that is. By definition folk art is any art done by self taught artists. Historically, this has been art created by unskilled "naive." They would often recreate scenes of the rural country side or the environment of their culture.

Wikipedia defines folk art as:
art that encompasses artworks produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring tradespeople. In contrast to fine art, folk art is primarily utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic.^[1] Folk Art is characterized by a naive style, in which traditional rules of proportion and perspective are not employed. Closely related terms are Outsider art, Self-Taught Art and Naïve.

This art genre is alive and well on the internet and all around us. It is loved and cherished by many because of the warmth and whimsical feel that it conveys to it's audience. To me, it is art in it's purest form. It is not influenced by current trends in the popular art field. These talented artists are not encumbered by the rules that many art students pay thousands of dollars to understand. This is raw talent born in the minds of people all over the world and brought to physical reality by what ever medium is available, be it paint and brushes or gears and buttons.

Through this blog, I hope to share the talents of unsung artists all over God's creation that don't get near enough exposure because they don't follow the norms of the art world or popular culture. Through my years as a folk artist myself, I have had the pleasure of meeting and hundreds of artists of this genre, some making a full time income and some just filling their internal voices to create.

Please feel free to contact me with any suggestions of artists to feature here. Until next time, stay weird my friends.

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Blessings, 

Kori

Meditating and Art

Intention Art Soul Candy Art

Intention Paintings and Art http://www. soulcandyart.com

The intention of this painting is love

This is an intention art painting I did for my sister Beth for her fiftieth birthday.

I put the intention in it for her let her heart fly free and find true love. I told her to meditiate on it for a few minutes every day. Let her soul feel the feeling that she would like to find in true love.

She probably won’t do it. She never listens to me….. They don’t appreciate me.LOL.
Happy Friday everyone!
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Getting Back to Normal Here....

A House in My Town

This is not a picture of my house. It is just a lovely home in my town. I was quite taken with it. I thought you might be too! I am finally back to painting and it feels great. I just posted a new painting for auction on Ebay. http://tinyurl.com/3utg7sz It ends next Thursday the first.

It is a weird time of year....

It is like we hardly know what to do with ourselves.  School hasn't started but, a lot of fall activities have.   We are trying to gear up for next year while not wanting to let go of the summer. It was glorious.

I am working on a new website devoted to all American Folk Art. What it is, it's history, famous artists and contemporary artists, and galleries. It will be very comprehensive. Like nothing that is available already. Not promoting my work just American Folk Art.  Let me know what you would like to see there.

The picture above is a scene from my husbands last fishing trip to Canada.
Here is a link to my most recent Ebay Auction http://tinyurl.com/3q2sub9


'Til Next Week,
Kori

Primitive Decor FoLk art painting Americana Original

For auction on Ebay now! http://tinyurl.com/3wmtbt7

Painting Dreaming Painting Dreaming.....

I had a wonderful weekend visiting some childhood haunts of mine. It was a lot of fun sharing them with my kids. It brought back many feelings of my childhood of freedom. I know it is weird because, I didn't have much freedom as a child. Now I know that I did. The freedom of stress, worry and fear. It was a time to just enjoy the day. Each day is a gift. This week I am going to try to capture that feeling of freedom. This painting takes me back there. 

Where has the time gone?????

I am happy to be back in the studio painting. Sometimes I think I get bored or less than motivated painting the same type of painting all the time, no matter how well received they are. When this happens I always start crafting or painting something totally different. This time it was ghosts and buttons. Then, like clock work, I find myself drawn to the primitive folk art again. What is meant to be, shall be. It feels good to be selling paintings again. Blessings, Kori

I have been busy, busy, busy here at the studio

 

Take a look at this. I just had this divine inspiration to do something different this week for my big painting.  I really don't know how it will go over but, I really love it.  The hand with the eye in it represents reality. What we see and feel using our brains. The mother and baby inside the heart represents our soul, the purest love that we have is our connection to our Higher Power.  The rose and butterfly represent our spiritual connection to the other side.  It is different than the paintings that I usually do but, the summer is for experimenting for me.  I even used oil paints which is very different for me. I loved it!

Blessings, 

Kori

This is really something different for me!!!

What I love about this time of year is that I have the time to experiment with different kinds of paintings. My husband is a very active hunting enthusiast.  So, last weekend we visited a skull mount taxidermist. While, my daughter Autumn was picking up her mount. I wondered around a bit.  I found it very interesting seeing all the skulls there lined up together by species. It was just amazing to me to see how alike they were but, at the same time so different and intricate. Each hole and curve of the bone has a reason. Once again, the organic line is hard at work everywhere. I created this little piece to remember my day.

Primitive Decor Abounds!

Here is what I am working on currently in the studio. Not just the paintings but, I have an idea for creating some hangers for the paintings. This is the one I did yesterday but, it seems a little flimsy.
I got the idea from my friend and artist Julie-Ann Bowden. If you have been following me for a while you know that I love Julie's work. I am saving to buy a commission from her. I am going to try something different today with the hangers. However, I am have a hard time getting anything done with all the end of the year activities with the kids.  I can't wait to have more time to work.

I did finally finish my first halloween piece of the season that I talked about in my last blog post. It is for sale on Ebay now ending on June 14th at 10:30 am Est.  I am still very excited to get things going for Halloween but, I am also having to roll some items out for Christmas as I will be advertising in the Country Sampler December issue.

This piece I think looks a little better with the hanger. Both the pieces are for sale at my Etsy Shop. Please check it out for better images.

Love to you all,

Kori

Okay, I can't wait anymore!!! I love primitive HALLOWEEN!

That must be why I have joined the group AHQU. Standing for Artistic Halloween Queens Unite. Here is our bootique!

But seriously, I know that summer just started (not officially) but, I can't wait for to start painting Halloween paintings. I love the feel of Halloween. To me it is the night that you can be whatever you want to be. I have never been one the bought into the whole scary, ghouls, zombies with fake blood thing. After all, who wants to dress up in something that is not going to make you look better!

So anyway, I just wanted to give you a sneak peek at my very first Halloween painting! A work in progress....

New Blog for Primitive Decor Lovers

I wanted to start a blog that highlights and inspires more primitive decor. I will keep this blog for my artwork and the new blog www.paintingprimitives.com will be more with my adventures. Each week, I will visit a Primitive Decor Shop in Pennsylvania and surrounding areas and feature it in my blog.
I feel that this will be great for everyone, my followers and the shop owners.  It gives the followers more ideas for displaying primitive decor and the owners free exposure.

This is the shop that I featured last week. It is the Canal Country Cupboard in beautiful, Saltsburg Pa.

This is my painting displayed with my purchases from the Canal Country Cupboard!

To read more visit this post

New Images Added to the Instant Download Library

I created this little painting some time ago. It is an example of the kind of painting that I want to get back to painting very soon. There was a story behind everything that was in the painting.  See what you can figure out. I would love to hear what you might think is going on!

Stay weird, Kori

Primitive Decor on the cheap

This weeks blog I want to talk a little about a new service that I am offering at my website  That is instant art downloads. Imagine the possibilities in being able to download a high quality image to your desktop and printing it right from your printer in whatever size and quantity that you need.

This is such a money saving break through for artists and their collectors everywhere. Why pay the middle man (the printer, the mailman)? The costs involved in printing at home has also become more affordable.   Check out Cartridge World to find some cheap ink in your area.

Every week I will make more images available so be sure to follow me on facebook, twitter, or here on my blog.

Helllo Everyone!

Here is a video that I put together featuring some of my paintings set to the tune "My Little Corner of the World" by Yo Tango.   If you can't view it here check it out on youtube at http://youtu.be/UrLptMR-N3g  This was a lot of fun to put together. Hopefully, I will be able to do a regular feature with them. If you are interested in more information about my paintings please check out my website.