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30-C Maine Antique Digest, May 2015

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This oil on board was painted

in 1970 by Haitian artist Sal-

nave Philippe-Auguste (1908-

1989). It was shown by Indigo

Arts Gallery, Philadelphia.

A

Tree of Many Fruits

was $4800.

Beaded designs by Nancy

Josephson (b. 1955)

were displayed by

Judy A. Saslow Gal-

lery, Chicago. These

resin and metal bird

salt and pepper shakers,

2014, embellished with

glass beads, vintage

enamel pieces, and

rhinestones, were

$1200. Each bird mea-

sures 5" x 3" x 8".

Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery,

London and New York City, was

a first-time exhibitor at the fair.

Her booth was a popular one. This

oil on board,

White Lilies

, 2014,

24 3/8" x 20½", by London artist

Hepzibah Swinford was $4860.

Swinford’s inspiration comes

from the rose garden at her rural

Scottish house, her china collection

of teacups and vases, antique mate-

rial swatches, and pictures by her

mother, artist Dora Holzhandler.

The

Reverend

John-

nie Swearingen (1908-

1993) painted this oil on

masonite in the 1970s. He

was born near Houston

and traveled during the

Depression to California,

where he picked grapes

and was a longshoreman

in Long Beach. Webb Gal-

lery, Waxahachie, Texas,

asked $8500 for

Reunion

.

Galeria Estacao, Sao Paulo, Brazil, offered this Aurelino dos Santos untitled

acrylic on canvas from 2009. The artist was born in Bahia, Brazil in 1942. The

painting is 31½" x 39 3/8" and was $11,000.

Dennis Filling was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, in 1949. His father was

a master penman who created certificates and citations. Seen here is one of

several drawings shown by the Ames Gallery, the first gallery to show Fill-

ing’s work. His abstract drawings, created in the 1960s and ’70s, are filled

with tiny black ink dots and thin lines, covering all the space on the paper. On

the reverse, Filling kept meticulous time sheets. Ames asked $3200 for this

drawing. Others ranged in price from $1900 to $5300.

American Primitive Gallery, New York City, displayed

NYC Skyline

, 2010,

by Raymond Materson. Made from threads of unraveled socks, it was priced

at $3000. Materson, born in 1954, is a self-taught artist who developed his

sewing skills while serving seven years in prison. He has continued creating

art since his release a number of years ago.

Andrew Edlin

Gallery, New York

City, displayed

Stag

Caught in Fence

by Ronald Lockett.

The paint on tin and

board with mixed

media, 25" x 36"

x 2", is not dated.

Edlin’s company,

Wide Open Arts,

produces the Out-

sider Art Fair. He

asked $6500 for it.