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Buying folk art paintings is now a passion of mine. I’ve been searching for them everywhere it seems. I found a group of folk art paintings recently and I am having trouble deciding which one to purchase.

There was a folk art painting by Rev. Howard Finster that is titled Howard in 1944. This is an all enamel folk art painting that was painted in 1988. The smile on this portrait is very engaging and makes me smile just as big.

I am also really taken by a folk art painting that was painted by painter Bill Dodge in Oct 1962. The title of the painting is First Trolley To Van Nuys. The painting is on board and depicts the center of town with all the individuals in town. They’re in the windows and on the street. The town market, bakery, Hotel Van Nuys, an ice cream parlor and the Wing Lee Laundry are all depicted in vibrant color. The women in the foreground are against the Trolley and their signs say “Ban the Monster” and “Keep Van Nuys rural”.

Thomas Chambers is one of America’s foremost folk artists. I discovered a piece by him that I just don’t like a whole lot. It is a bit austere for my tastes. The subject is a fishing scene with villagers and boats. I don’t consider that I will purchase this folk art painting because I just don’t care about it.

There was a folk art painting I found called Alligator Fisher that was painted in 1940 that I really like. The blue of the bayou is very calming and the trees give it a very Southern feel. There is a swamp house in the painting and I like this one very much. It strikes a chord in my memory very strongly of Louisiana.

My mom started this passion of mine for folk art paintings. She had a folk art painting by John Roeder in our parlor grown up. I used to spend hours just staring into it. The trees were so relaxing to lose myself in. I have asked her to give me this good folk art painting many times, but she says that I will have to wait until after her funeral!

I found one folk art painting during my journey that I felt sad every time I checked. The name of the painting is A Letter from My Mother. The look in the girl’s face is so serious and sad. I have no concept where this folk art painting should hang. The painting itself is magnificent; it just makes me feel sad.

There is a whole subset of folk art paintings that represent black Americana. I don’t usually buy any of these pieces as they don’t talk to my experience. I did find one piece that I purchased for a collector friend of mine that loves this sort of art. The folk art painting had a whimsical feel to it and a female relaxing in a hammock. He hung this in his hallway and has loved it for a long time.

My brother likes folk art paintings as much as I do. He prefers animals to be the subjects of paintings he purchases. I found a lovely clouded leopard folk art painting for him last Christmas and he has asked that I keep my eyes open for more like it. He stated that he will buy any art I find for him because he trusts that I know and understand his tastes.

I have kept my eyes open for animal themed folk art paintings for my brother, but I just can’t appear to find any as nice as the leopard that I got for him. The grand degree of animal themed folk art paintings I’ve found recently was a painting of two owls on a limb and I recognize that he would not like it. Ever when we were kids, owls totally freak him out.

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