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Beechgrove, TN
J. L. Nippers - Wood Butcher
1935-
Chainsaw artist
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Information:
J.L. was best friends with Homer Green for over twenty years. Early on he asked if he could help Homer out with his "cutting". Homer told him to come back the next morning with a chainsaw. That began J.L.’s journey as a self-professed "wood butcher." Picking up where Homer left off, J. L. creates a menagerie of dotted critters, from winged totem poles and alligators, to porcupines with sharpened chopsticks as quills. Often he is helped with the painting by his wife, Marie.
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Bibliography:
"Detour Art—Outsider, Folk Art, and Visionary Folk Art Environments Coast to Coast, Art and Photographs from the Collection of Kelly Ludwig" by Kelly Ludwig, Kansas City Star Books, 2007.
"Rare Visions & Roadside Revelations" (the book), by Randy Mason, Michael Murphy and Don Mayberger, Kansas City Star Publishing, 2002.
On DVD - Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, "Southern Flavor", KCPT, Kansas City Public Television, 1999-2001.
"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, McFarland & Company, 2000.
"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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