Spirit of the Delta : The Art of Carolyn Norris /

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Raised in West Virginia, self-taught artist Carolyn Norris (b. 1948) moved as a young woman of twenty-one to Cleveland, Mississippi, a quintessential Delta railroad town on the famous blues Highway 61. To create one of her first paintings, she tore the wooden back off a dresser to use as a canvas. S...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shawhan, Dorothy (Author)
Other Authors: Rushing, Kim, Rankin, Tom, Black, Patti Carr, Norris, Carolyn, 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Norris, Carolyn, > 1948-
Norris, Carolyn, > 1948- > Criticism and interpretation.
Outsider art.
Artists.
ART > Folk & Outsider Art.
ART > History > General.
Artistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Artists > United States > Biography.
Outsider art > Mississippi > Cleveland.
United States.
Mississippi > Cleveland.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Raised in West Virginia, self-taught artist Carolyn Norris (b. 1948) moved as a young woman of twenty-one to Cleveland, Mississippi, a quintessential Delta railroad town on the famous blues Highway 61. To create one of her first paintings, she tore the wooden back off a dresser to use as a canvas. She painted with available house paint and completed the painting with face makeup. Thus began the realization of a passionate need to paint. Eventually, Norris came to serve as the visual griot of Cleveland. She has used a variety of media, painting on canvas, wood, paper, cardboard, glass, plates.
Physical Description:1 online resource (128 pages): illustrations (chiefly color)
ISBN:9781604739930

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