Art Brut

Jaimal Guynn

I am now an art teacher to the insane and the strange. Workdays consist of managing hug&kissers, weird starers and mumbling touretty threateners-which is not bad at all. My impression is that somehow the unfortunate people who manage to make it into adulthood with a disability become sweethearts who charm everyone who gives them the chance.  I met all the clients during my first week and in the process snagged two drawings and a clay sculpture that weighs 30 pounds. One of our artists, Adam, told me that his drawings usually cost a dollar(!), but the first one is free.  I bought frames on the way home for ten times what I paid for the art.

Adam Wilson

The guy who made these drawings has such a difficult life.  His brother, who is also mentally disabled, was just removed from a Humboldt County juvenile detention center for being violent (to go where?) and his family is very poor.  When asked to come up with titles for his work, he flips the paper over and stares at the back for minutes with his usual pouty expression.  The Line Between The Living And The Dead is the title of a piece that will be in his opening next weekend.