Museum Studios Gallery Presents 'Outsider' Exhibition

From Museum Studios Gallery: Museum Studios Gallery A Department of the Peninsula Museum of Art Outsider As ArtistnExhibit runs from March 16 through April 30, 2017 Artists’ Opening Reception Sunday, March 19, 2017, 2-5pm Closing Reception Sunday, April 30, 2017, 2-4.

In this exhibit, Bay Area artist, Lola Walker will be presenting her bold mixed media work around the theme Outsider As Artist. Ms.Walker’s art combines the raw sensibility of Outsider art with that of Fine art, creating a fascinating quirkiness of style that truly is a blend of both. Her brave artwork is a direct extension of her un-acculturated and unconventional personal values.

She was been described as an artist who is “capable of brilliantly subverting any kind of placidity…”, having been a maverick thinker since her days as a Merry Prankster aboard Ken Kesey’s “Magic Bus” in the early 1960s.

The show includes a large mural featuring a wise, playful and intense dog-cat hybrid named “Sparky”, in addition to smaller mixed media collages that incorporate materials she has collected along the way. Fellow artist Jim Blake describes Ms. Walker’s art as “fabulous, playful, daring, original, unapologetic, bold, and aggressive.”

Lola Walker has been creating art in her large studio in Redwood City for years and has this to say about making art: “ I give myself the freedom to just PLAY and let a piece evolve into a spontaneous, quirky, mixed-media painting. I feel profound joy and deep enrichment from this art-making process.” Her art has been exhibited in galleries around the Bay Area.

Outsider As Artist is sure to delight and educate anyone wanting to experience some bold new artwork from a local artist.

Images Courtesy Of Museum Studios Gallery