Showing posts with label Cornbread Anderson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cornbread Anderson. Show all posts

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Dish Me Up Some Cornbread

I'm please to report that I just purchased my first John "Cornbread" Anderson folk painting: A black spotted guinea hen, one of the artist's favorite motifs. A red version is currently for sale at Oliver's Southern Folk Art:



The way Cornbread simplifies and stylizes animal forms calls to mind another one of my favorite artists, the mod-minimalist Charles Harper:



While Harper's style is pure-mid-Century and Cornbread's is pure folk, they share an affinity for simple color schemes and a real affection for their wildlife subjects. Here's another favorite Cornbread motif, the bluebird, courtesy Southern Visionary Art:



But don't buy this sneaky racoon, please . . .



. . . I want him for myself.