New Work: You Sentimental Idiot


New works from Rikkianne Van Kirk of You Sentimental Idiot.  Original paintings on salvaged drift wood (parts of a wooden basket she found washed up on the beach).  I love the man with the net (in his suit) and the woman swimmer with a stick in the air.  Beautifully weathered pieces, signed and dated on the back.  Rikkianne is in our market this month as well.  Check her out online:





Jan Halvarson

7 comments:

vosgesparis said...

wauw great art.. I would like to do a give a way with something like this ;)

Jon Hannan said...

These are great, well done! J

Suzanna Scott said...

These pieces are oh so wonderful Rikkianne!!

Jules said...

Love the woman with a stick. I wish it was in her Etsy store... especially as a print. Thanks for sharing her work!

Amy - Thank You Cards Shop said...

wow these are great. i really love that these were made using salvaged driftwood. they're very striking.

Claire Chauvin said...

I'm torn. I want to like these, but her work bears a really strong resemblance to Margaret Kilgallen's work.

Compare this- http://www.etsy.com/listing/64371430/give-her-a-kiss

to this-
http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/wp-content/offcenter/lgsm49lacma2.jpg

It's a shame.

Jan Halvarson said...

Claire - Of course she's inspired by Margaret - as are many of us and she claims this many times on her blog.

And Margaret was inspired by other folk artists.

It's folk art.

We are all influenced by something. She's not copying a drawing - she's influenced.

Just as i see this paddle ball - http://poppytalk.blogspot.com/2011/08/wednesdays-wonderful-vintage-finds.html it most definitely tells Margaret was influenced by it. See Margaret's version - http://sissyfish.blogspot.com/2007/03/surf-in-art-margaret-kilgallen.html

Is it copying? Not exactly, but its definitely influenced.

Please be careful.