RA Miller FOLK ART Devil on Coca Cola Sign painting Outsider

FOLK ART PAINTING outsider artist RA MILLER Devil on Coca Cola Sign 20" x 27"( RA MILLER From Georgia, 1912-2006) Signed acrylic on metal Good condition but with very minor paint loss Outsider artist RA MILLER - He made art to “beautify his yard” by cutting out tin pieces and and often combining pieces to form elaborate whirlygigs and functional windscreens and ornamental objects. He began to fashion his brightly painted tin constructions which he attached to stakes in his yard, larger wood assemblages. RA Miller, a southern folk artist, was the youngest of eight children. At 12 years of age he worked in the cotton mill, for 20 years. After his marriage he started preaching over northeast Georgia. After retiring he began to create his own art and whirligigs. He often did patriotic themed art. He used old tin, recycled wood, bicycle parts and scrap metal for materials. He is known for the painted cutouts and drawings. His artwork has appeared in various books and exhibits on Folk Art and in the Band, R.E.M's videos His paintings and cut-outs have been shown at the High Museum of Art exhibition "Outside the Mainstream: Folk Art in our Time. RA Miller died in 2006. See more of his art at Anton Haardt Gallery and website RA Miller's art has been in various exhibits over the year. His work has been collected by Carl Mullis and shown in Exibits from his collection : 2007 and titled "Amazing Grace: Self-Taught Artists from the Mullis Collection" , 2009 and titled "Lord Love You: Works by RA Miller from the Mullis Collection," "All Creatures Great and Small," and Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University titled, "Amen, Amen: Religion and Southern Self-Taught Artists in the Mullis Collection." VISIT MY EBAY STORE FOR MORE FOLK ART! and visit my Gallery website