I was looking for something unrelated and stumbled upon these printmaking pieces from 2019, which I never posted, despite being far and away some of the best stuff I've ever done.
The theme was outsider musicians. In order: The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, The Children of Sunshine (and Langley Schools Music Project), The Shaggs, and Connie Converse.
I made this digital collage some months ago. I still like it, though I think I could have done a better job (I accidentally screwed up the quality of some of the pics I used, and they ended up looking blurry). Who knows, maybe I'll do a better vesion of this one day.
Anyways, here is featured art by: Henry Darger
Ferdinand Cheval
Leonard Knight
Howard Finster
Martín Ramírez
Maria Prymachenko
Daniel Johnston
Madge Gill
and Louis Wain
Also featuring Ed Wood, and the band The Shaggs.
The Shaggs (est. 1965)
Siblings: "Dot" Wiggin - vocals and lead guitar; Betty Wiggin - vocals and rhythm guitar; Helen Wiggin - drums; Rachel Wiggin - bass guitar
Songs: "My Pal Foot Foot;" "Philosophy of the World"
Propaganda: none
The Everly Brothers (est. 1956)
Siblings: Don Everly - vocals; Phil Everly - vocals
Songs: "All I Have to Do Is Dream;" "Bye Bye Love"
Propaganda: "Pioneering rock/country brothers who perfected close harmonies and had a lasting influence on the sounds of the 1960s and beyond"
"Their close-harmony singing of country-tinged pop influenced everyone from the Beatles to the Bee Gees."
"those harmonies.. wake up!"