detour art is dedicated to the sheer joy of outsider, folk, visionary, self-taught, vernacular art and
environment discoveries found all along the back roads (and side streets) around the world.
(artists and sites added weekly … please stop back by often)
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blog, folk art environment, folk artist, South
Old Mill Park – Dionicio Rodriguez c. 1891-1955 North Little Rock, AR Trabajo rustico The Old Mill in the five-acre...
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Ave Maria Grotto – Joseph Zoetl 1878 — 1961 Cullman, AL Religious/spiritual environment Built: 1932 – 1958 At the age...
detailspreview blog, folk art environment, folk artist, road trip, South
Cleveland “Flowerman” Turner May 23, 1943- Houston, TX Folk Art Environment Built: 2003-present A green oasis beckons amid rows of...
detailspreview blog, folk art environment, folk artist, South
“Missionary” Mary Proctor June 11, 1960 — Tallahassee, FL Paintings, sculptures and environment Already suffering from health problems, Mary Proctor’s...
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Viola “L.V.” Hull 1943-2008 Kosciusko, MS Yard art and mixed media L.V. is often referred to as “The Shoe Lady”...
detailspreview blog, folk artist, Midwest
Theresa Disney 1965 — St. Louis, MO Sculptures and paintings Private (artist) Theresa Disney loves to tell a story through...
detailspreview blog, folk art environment, West
Bottle Village – Tressa “Grandma” Prisbrey 1896 — 1988 Simi Valley, CA Bottle environment Built: 1956 – 1972 “I enjoyed...
detailspreview blog, folk art environment, folk artist, road trip, South
709 E. Louisiana Ave Hammond, LA Built: 1986 – 2001 (Aurora, IL) 2002 – Current (Hammond, LA) In 2000, when...
detailspreview blog, folk art environment, South
March 2013: April 2007: Margaret’s Grocery Rev. Hermon Dennis— March 25, 1916 — September 6, 2011 Margaret Dennis— February 8,...
detailspreview blog, folk artist, Northeast
Kevin Blythe Sampson 1954- Newark, NJ Mixed Media artist Of the many occupations from which grassroots artists tend to come,...
detailspreview blog, folk art environment, Northeast
Luna Parc – Ricky “King Ricky” Boscarino Artist dates unknown Montague, NJ Mosiac environment Built: 1989 – current Private property...
detailspreview blog, folk artist, South
James Harold Jennings April 20, 1930 — April 20, 1999 Pinnacle, NC Folk art environment, Painter After dropping out of...
detailspreview blog, folk art environment, folk artist, West
Eliphante – Mike Kahn and Leda Livant Dates unknown Cornville, AZ Sculptural and environment Built: 1980′s-present Located south of Sedona,...
detailspreview blog, folk art environment, road trip, South
Totem Pole Park – Ed Galloway Hwy 28A Foyil, OK 918-342-9149 Website Sculpture environment In the 1920s and 1930s, Ed...
detailspreview blog, folk artist, Midwest
Boyer Museum – Paul Boyer 1930 — Belleville, KS Mechanical sculptures Mechanical sculptor Paul Boyer was born in 1930, in...
detailspreview blog, folk art environment, folk artist, Midwest
Art Field – Myron “M.T.” Liggett 1930 — Mullinville, KS Sculpture environment Built: 1989-present “I say what I want to...
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