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Hardwick, VT
Beverly "Gayleen" Aikens
1934-2006
Drawings and stories
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Information:
Gayleen Aiken was born in the mid-1930’s in Barre, Vermont. She started painting as a child and has never stopped. Major themes in her work are the large old farmhouse where she grew up, the granite industry, and musical instruments. They are what she calls "my hobbies". She unites these diverse interests in her work by means of a large, imaginary family of "cousins", the Raimbillis.
Gayleen Aiken’s work has been shown in major exhibits of American folk art in the US and Europe, and is in the permanent collection of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Museum of American Folk Art in Williamsburg, Virginia. She was also the subject of Jay Craven’s award winning film "Gayleen", and the recipient of a Vermont Council on the Arts Fellowship. "Moonlight and Music: The Enchanted World of Gayleen Aiken" was published by Harry Abrams, Inc., in September 1997.
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Bibliography:
On DVD - Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, "Next Stop New England", KCPT, Kansas City Public Television, 2003.
"Moonlight and Music: The Enchanted World of Gayleen Aiken" was published by Harry Abrams, inc. in September 1997.
Jay Craven's award winning film "Gayleen"
Slotin Folk Art Auction Catalog, Masterpiece Sale, November 4, 2006
"Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century American Folk Art and Artists" by Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Abbeville Press, New York, 1990.
"20th Century American Folk, Self Taught, and Outsider Art" by Betty-Carol Sellen, Cynthia J. Johnson, Neal-Schuman Publishers, New York, 1993.
"Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art—A guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources" by Betty-Carol Sellen with Cynthia J. Johnson, 2000.
"Flying Free: Twentieth-Century Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Ellin and Baron Gordon" by Ellin Gordon, Barbara L. Luck and Tom Patterson, exhibit catalog for The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, 1997.
"American Self-Taught Art: An Illustrated Analysis of 20th Century Artists and Trends with 1,319 Capsule Biographies" by Florence Laffal and Julius Laffal, 2003.
"Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations Coast to Coast Travel-o-Pedia" by Randy Mason, et. al., Kansas City Star Books, 2009. |
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Credit: © Randy Mason/Mike Murphy, "Rare Visions" all rights reserved. |
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Credit: Randy Mason/Mike Murphy, "Rare Visions" |
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Image from"Moonlight and Music: The Enchanted World of Gayleen Aiken" was published by Harry Abrams, inc. in September 1997
Credit: Randy Mason/Mike Murphy, "Rare Visions" |
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Credit: Randy Mason/Mike Murphy, "Rare Visions" |
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Credit: Randy Mason/Mike Murphy, "Rare Visions" |
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Image from"Moonlight and Music: The Enchanted World of Gayleen Aiken" was published by Harry Abrams, inc. in September 1997
Credit: Randy Mason/Mike Murphy, "Rare Visions" |
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Image from"Moonlight and Music: The Enchanted World of Gayleen Aiken" was published by Harry Abrams, inc. in September 1997
Credit: Randy Mason/Mike Murphy, "Rare Visions" |
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Image from"Moonlight and Music: The Enchanted World of Gayleen Aiken" was published by Harry Abrams, inc. in September 1997
Credit: Randy Mason/Mike Murphy, "Rare Visions" |
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Image from"Moonlight and Music: The Enchanted World of Gayleen Aiken" was published by Harry Abrams, inc. in September 1997
Credit: Randy Mason/Mike Murphy, "Rare Visions" |
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Image from"Moonlight and Music: The Enchanted World of Gayleen Aiken" was published by Harry Abrams, inc. in September 1997
Credit: Randy Mason/Mike Murphy, "Rare Visions" |
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Credit: Randy Mason |
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