For sale is a superb original folk art painting on metal by the well regarded and highly collected Georgia Folk Art Outsider Artist, W D Harden. Provenance: Slotin Folk Art; Buford Georgia. The premier experts on American and Southern Outsider art and Folk Art. Known for his signature hellhound figure. Here Harden depicts four dancing snakes in graduating heights. Each one with wonderful detail and bright vivid coloration against a red background. Titled SNAKE DANCE lower left. Signed and dated 98 (1998) lower right. Painted on a found piece of corrugated metal roofing. With as expected dings and dents. No hanging hardware attached. Measurements: 24 1/8 x 26 3/4. Born and raised in Georgia, W. Became aware of and fascinated by folk/outsider art as a genre. Amazed by the work he witnessed it gave him the inspiration and courage to try his own hand creating his unique style of work! Has been successful as an Outsider/Self Taught artist ever since! Miller was a major influence in W. S work and later became a wonderful friend & mentor. Other early influences include: Tubby Brown, Rev. Bill Traylor, Jim Sudduth and many other great Southern Outsiders. The beautiful Gypsy Moon Child, New Mexico High Desert artist/musician extraordinaire, J. Sipe, Georgia Boys: Eric Legge & Jon Whiddon. Harden, a musician / guitarist with a love for the original blues of Robert Johnson, was inspired by the lyrics of perhaps Johnson’s most famous tune, Got a HellHound on My Trail. In developing his signature character, and his new spin off characters with his artistic cosmology. The HellHound has become his most well known signature character, however over the years, W. Has diversified so much from his early years and is now found creating Flyin’ HellHounds, Helligators, abstract Totems, and often color’ific surprise abstract subjects such as musical, religious & political satire, that just jump out! Is venturing into an incredible NEW expression from within himself an Individualistic RAW abstract style where anything goes! Paintings, Character Cut Outs, & Amazing Colorful Abstract Assemblages using found objects and recycled oddity’s! The item “Georgia Folk Art Outsider Artist W D Harden Signed Snake Dance Painting On Metal” is in sale since Saturday, March 7, 2020. 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, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Turks and caicos islands, Bangladesh, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Nicaragua, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Viet nam, Uruguay, South africa, Colombia, Antigua and barbuda, Saint lucia, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman islands, Sri lanka, Maldives, Oman, Reunion, Montserrat.
- Year: 1998
- Medium: Acrylic
- Subject: Snake Dance
- Date of Creation: 1990-1999
- Style: Folk Art Outsider Art
- Originality: Original
- Region of Origin: Georgia
- Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
- Artist: W D Harden
- Painting Surface: Metal
- Features: Signed
- Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
