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FLOYD BANKS

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By Fred Scruton
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When a Tennessee artist began to construct his very own castle in which to live, he did not envisage it would be requisitioned for a higher purpose In the plush green and hilly countryside around the small, eastern Tennessee town of Greenback (population 1600), a handmade, metal sign nailed to a fence reads “Castle” and points visitors onto a narrow, gravel road densely-lined with trees, brush and a few small houses. Several hand-painted wooden signs are dotted along the roadside.
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FRANK NOVEL

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By Fred Scruton
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First published: September 2025 For over 50 years, an Erie artist has filled sketchbooks with stream-of-consciousness drawings – now these visual diaries are at the heart of a show in his hometown “Drawing from Within: the Sketchbooks of Frank Novel” reveals 60 or so paper and large banner enlargements from dozens of the artist’s sketchbooks dating back to the 1970s.
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BRENDA DAVIS

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By Fred Scruton
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First published: Winter 2023/24 A self-professed “junkie for paint”, Brenda Davis daubed symbols of nature and existence on to every surface inside her Alabama mobile home In 2007, Brenda Davis began to cover the walls, floors and ceilings of her double-wide mobile home near Prattville, Alabama, with stylised depictions of otherworldly visions. About half a kilometre down a dirt drive, off a rural county road, its weathered porch overlooked a cow pasture occupied by two donkeys.
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Winceworld | Raw Vision Magazine

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By Fred Scruton
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This unique book presents works that until now have only been seen in private collections or museum vaults. Works by well known outsider artists and new discoveries express their personal interpretations of sexual desire and activity. Now available as a downloadable PDF! Downloadable PDF version of the "Texts, Time and Listings" section of the Outsider Art Sourcebook featuring key texts, timeline and bibliography on Outsider Art as well as listings for Galleries, Studios, Websites & Organizations.
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