“Witness to the Vision: The Jacquin Collection,” Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria, IL

Some of my work at an exhibition in Peoria at the Peoria Riverfront Museum... if you get a chance to see it, please let me know and share some photos, thanks!!

http://www.peoriariverfrontmuseum.org/exhibits-collections/exhibits/witness-to-the-vision-the-jacquin-collection-of-outsider-art

some of my work at an exhibition in Peoria... if you get a chance to see it, please let me know and share some photos, thanks!! http://www.peoriariverfrontmuseum.org/exhibits-collections/exhibits/witness-to-the-vision-the-jacquin-collection-of-outsider-art

*** if you are going to be in Peoria this summer, be sure to check out my art at this Museum exhibit :

Event: “Witness to the Vision: The Jacquin Collection of Outsider Art” Exhibition Opening

Exhibit run: March 28 – June 28, 2015

When “Witness to the Vision: The Jacquin Collection of Outsider Art” opens this Saturday, March 28, it will mark the first time that Peoria Riverfront Museum has hosted an exhibition of “Outsider art.”

Outsider art is created by people who live on the margins of society and have no formal art training. Unlike traditional folk art, Outsider art is not functional by design (such as a coverlet or family portrait). It comes from within – boldly primitive and emotive work that is often a powerfully direct extension of the artist’s thoughts and feelings.

“Many of the artists began making their works after a traumatic life experience or as the result of having…