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Savant, list-maker, accordion-player, artist extraordinaire – Gregory Blackstock

Gregory L. Blackstock 1946 — Seattle (Green Lake), WA Drawings (pencil, pen, marker, etc.) “Oh yeah, relieved, I’m famous.” – Seattle Times, 6 October 2006. Seattle artist Gregory Blackstock catalogues...

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100,000 cans make for one amazing castle — Canos Castle

Canos Castle – Donald “Cano” Espinoza Dates unknown Antonito, CO Found material environment 1980 – current Entirely made of recycled materials, with more than 100,000 beer and soda cans, hubcaps,...

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Work by Martín Ramírez, key ‘outsider artist,’ to be unveiled at Library of...

Library of Congress –  Lynn Brostoff of the Library of Congress Research and Testing Division analyzes artwork by Martin Ramirez. About halfway down the geological layers of paper inside a box of...

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Tim Anderson’s Little Mansion

Tim Anderson’s Little Mansion 308 Seventh Street Roundup, MT Folk art environment, Private – visible from the street Wheels and pitchforks and sheepherders’ monuments are designed into a most unique...

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The Old Trapper’s Lodge at Pierce College

The Old Trapper’s Lodge – John Ehn 6201 Winnetka Avenue Woodland Hills, CA 818-347-0551 Sculpture environment John Ehn opened a motel in California in 1941, moving there from Michigan, where he had...

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Leonard Knight of Salvation Mountain passes away at 82

Salvation Mountain – Leonard Knight November 1, 1931-February 10, 2014 Built: Mid 1980s-2012 http://www.salvationmountain-site.com Religious/spiritual  “Jesus, I am a sinner. Please come upon my body...

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Miles Mahan’s Hula Ville

California Route 66 Museum – Hula Ville Model 16825 D Street Victorville, CA 760-951-0436 www.califrt66museum.org/ Collection Despite being a California State Landmark, this folk art environment was...

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Desert View Tower and Boulder Park Caves

Desert View Tower and Boulder Park Caves – Bert Vaughn and M.T. Ratcliffe Off I-8 on In-Ko-Poh Jacumba, CA 760-766-4612 Environment with rocks In 1920, when Bert Vaughn started work on his Desert View...

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Underground Gardens – Baldasare Forestiere

Underground Gardens – Baldasare Forestiere Forestiere Baldasare 1879–1946 Built: 1904-1946 5021 W Shaw Avenue Fresno, CA 559-271-0734 http://www.undergroundgardens.com Awestriking The genius of this...

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Bottle Cactus Ranch – Elmer Long

Bottle Cactus Ranch – Elmer Long 24266 National Old Trails Highway Helendale, CA 760 245-4447 http://www.bottletreeman.blogspot.com Bottle environment Even though Elmer’s teeming forest of bottle trees...

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