Five Faces - Sybil Gibson Self-taught flora and fauna are submerged

flora and fauna are submerged in mystery

Mud and Paint on Plywood

Haardt was drawn to Tolliver's pictures - with fantastical titles like Jimma Jamma Girl and X-Ray Dry Bones Charlie - which were often displayed in his front yard

Glitter and Matches on Plywood

Five Faces - Sybil Gibson Self-taught flora and fauna are submergedFive Faces Paint on paper The simple subject matter of faces, flora and fauna are submerged in mystery. Line gives way to light where lyrical hues bleed as in the dome of a rural Alabama sky. Yet form emerges shy of abstraction, retaining the familiarity of distant memory. Evasive flowers become something immediate and urgent. The spirit like portraits which populate Gibson's work peer as if from behind a veil. 19" x 36" #1217