John Mason FOLK ART PAINTING OUTSIDER VINTAGE Red Sun Birds #1

This painting is on paper by John Mason FOLK ARTIST- "Red Sun Birds " - #1 13x 16 inches JOHN ROBERT MASON 1900-1997 John Robert Mason. born in North Carolina ,lived in Suffolk, VA. He worked on the railroads and at the Planter's Peanuts plant. He started drawing after his retirement as something to do. He used colored pencils and felt markers on paper or cardboard. His pictures are of stylized birds, moons, trees and suns. He was included in the exhibition "Folk Art" The Common Wealth of Virginia" and his work is included in the permanent collection of the Kentucky Folk Art Center and the St. James Place Folk Art Museum. His "studio" was the Hardee's restaurant in Suffolk. He became such a tourist attraction that Hardee's eventually gave him a certificate awarding him free breakfasts for life. His work his work is included in the permanent collections of the Kentucky Folk Art Center and the St. James Place Folk Art Museum.John Robert Mason died in 1997*See more John Mason Art of "Venus" on my Ebay Shop- "Birds: Paintings and sculpture of birds by self-taught, Outsider and American Folk Artists",American Primitive Gallery, New York, NY (1997)- "Drawings: Alternate World Views" American Primitive Gallery, New York, NY (1999) Ref: Contemporary American Folk Art - A Collector's Guide, Chuck and Jan Rosenak (1996)Self Taught, Outsider and Folk Art, Betty-Carol Sellen (2000) VISIT MY EBAY STORE TO SEE MORE FOLK ART!!