strict symmetry, fantastical architectural forms, temples, statues

"Joseph Crépin, a French plumber from the port of Calais, started painting in his sixties, following an increased awareness of his spiritual powers. Encouraged by fellow mediumistic artist Lesage, and influenced by the supernatural forces which Crépin said guided his every move, he began to fill exercise books with spontaneous motifs. He later meticulously copied the designs on to large pieces of paper, using coloured pencils and then oils, carefully numbering each of his works." (Excerpt from the book 'Raw Vision. Outsider Art Sourcebook', 2002)

souvenirs from the LAM

Theo Wiesen made a series of wooden sculptures at the side of a road near his home in Grüfflingen, Belgian Ardennes

Theo Wiesen

Joseph Crépin

Meret Oppenheim, Robe de chambre sur une chaise, 1938-39, oil on cardboard

John Elsas, Was sie hört, 1930  |  Meret Oppenheim, Maske mit 'Bäh'
Meret Oppenheim, Husch, husch, der schönste Vokal entleert sich, 1934

Picasso in the park

More info on the LAM museum in Lille and its Art Brut collection here

stretch suits

from the book The Olympic Games '84, by Ben de Graaf

About wild men and fools, peasants and beggars

from the book Over wilden en narren, boeren en bedelaars: Beeld van de Andere, vertoog over het Zelf ('About wild men and fools, peasants and beggars'), by Paul Vandenbroeck, exhibition catalogue K.M.S.K. Antwerp (September 5- November 8, 1987).

topiary gardens

owners and their chou chou's

from an amazing book on 'naive' creations and their makers in France: 'Les inspirés du bord des routes' by Jacques Verroust & Jacques Lacarrière, 1978

Topio stin omichli (Landscape in the mist), 1988

last but not least

Last Sunday, next to my voting booth

Last Monday, at the HISK Open Studios:

@ Studio Kasper Bosmans (Kanarie 2x, Rhinoceros etc.)

Studio Andrea Galiazzo

Studio Egon Van Herreweghe (page from 'Best Available Copy', 
a book in progress by Egon & Dominique Somers, more pages at Le Salon)

Studio Katerina Undo (jawbreakers / magic balls)

Studio Jóhanna Kristbjörg Sigurðardóttir

Last Wednesday, at a wedding party in a shed in the middle of nowhere,
blooming pink peonies everywhere

'girl with'

  Seated Girl (Fränzi Fehrmann), 1910 (altered 1920), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Bathsheba Bathing, 1498 - 1499, Jean Bourdichon, The J. Paul Getty Museum

Breton Girl Looking After Plants in the Hothouse, 1884, Anna Petersen, Statens Museum for Kunst

Woman's face, circa 1911, Alexej von Jawlensky, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag

images found via the search term 'girl with' here: Google Cultural Institue (features high-resolution images of art works from museums all over the world) & here: The Metropolitan Museum of Art online collection