Henry Darger – Outsider Artist b. 1892 d. 1973

I went to a South Bay Area Women’s Caucus for Arts (SBAWCA) art circle today in Berkeley. I had a lovely critique of my art, by Susan, Starr, Rosemary and Victoria. And I got to see their art and critique it too.

I took these pieces, from my recent work in May 2010 and my show at Bamboo. What an interesting critique when several people mentioned that my pieces reminded them of the work of Henry Darger.

I had never heard of Darger before today, but when I see his work, I do see at least a striking visual similarity and reading about him has helped me appreciate how I might deepen my work and continue moving it in an interesting direction. Whee, this making art is fun!