For sale is one of several works by the renown Georgia Outsider Folk Artist Willie Jinks 1921 -? These works came out of a private collection in Illinois. The work featured in this sale is one of three works we have for sale that were painted on discarded vinyl notebook binders. This painting is double sided being painted on the inside as well. It features his well known Hoperman Hobby man along with cryptic wording throughout. Condition: Overall good for age. Please see all detailed pictures for your consideration. Measurements: 21 1/2 x 11 5/8 (Opened Binder). Willie Jinks worked as a sanitation worker in Atlanta and collected junk to make into art. Willie Jinks was born in 1921 into a sharecropper family in Locust Grove, Georgia. As one of 13 children, he moved to Atlanta where he worked for the department of sanitation and began salvaging materials. After retiring Jinks began creating images on the materials he had gathered during his working years. Those objects included doors, sheet metal, wood, paper, shoes, luggage, etc. His fascination with animals, nature, and mechanical things is visible throughout his artwork. He is most famous for his Hoperman (Hobbyman) character who shows up in much of his work and the cryptic writing on most of his pieces. The item “Georgia Folk Art Outsider Artist Willie Jinks Signed Painting On Notebook Binder” is in sale since Saturday, April 14, 2018. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “upstatetreasures14″ and is located in Kingston, New York. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Bahamas, Viet nam, Uruguay.
- Style: Folk Art
- Subject: Masks
- Listed By: Artist
- Date of Creation: 1970-1989
- Originality: Original
- Medium: Mixed Media
- Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
- Region of Origin: Georgia
- Artist: Willie Jinks
- Painting Surface: Vinyl Binder
- Features: Signed