This rare visionary painting by well known folk/outsider artist Helen LaFrance depicts the leopard with the lions head and bear clows from the book of Daniel. Painted in 1993, the signed oil on canvas is one of a handful of visionary paintings illustrating bible verses by LaFrance. Her visionary paintings are a sharp departure from her memory paintings and have never come up again. Dimensions are 30 x 40 sight size. It comes in a contemporary blond wood frame. Helen LaFrance is a self-taugh ...click for details
This marvelous memory painting by folk/outsider artist Helen LaFrance is entitled "Downtown Restaurant." The signed painting is oil on canvas and the dimensions are 22 x 28 inches, sight size. It comes in a contemporary blond wood frame. Helen LaFrance is a self-taught black artist who was born in 1919 Western Kentucky. Her specialty is memory paintings of the disappearing lifestyle of the rural South, although she has painted religious themes and floral studies, usually in oil on con ...click for details
This extremely well done oil on canvas folk art memory painting by Helen LaFrance depicts a church Choir. Helen LaFrance is a self-taught black artist who was born in 1919 Western Kentucky. LaFrance's work is held in many private collections, including Bryant Gumble and contemporary artist Red Grooms, and museums throughout the United States. She is featured in a chapter of Kathy Moses' definitive regference book, "Outsider Art of the South", published by Schiffer Ltd. Dimens ...click for details
Helen LaFrance is a self-taught black artist who was born in 1919 Western Kentucky. This charming oil on canvas depiction of children sleeping, more than one in a bed as was the norm, measures 20 x 30 inches, sight size, and 21 x 31 inches framed. LaFrance's specialty is memory paintings of the disappearing lifestyle of the rural South, although she has painted religious themes and floral studies, usually in oil on convas. She has painted since she was a small child, always following her m ...click for details
This landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including the physical elements of colour. The serenity that this painting encapsulates with the nature itself, reflects the living synthesis of no people and place vital to local and national identity. The imagery of being alone with a thought amidst the amber and golden leaves. The sky is clear and the hills are rolling in the distance. There are not too many clouds and the token birds fly in formation up above. Landscapes, th ...click for details
This rare visionary painting by well known folk/outsider artist Helen LaFrance depicts the woman and the beast from the Book of Revelations chapter 17, where the woman in finely dressed in purple and jewels and beholds a goblet filled with potion fueled to battle the beast. Painted in 1993, the signed oil on canvas is one of a handful of visionary paintings illustrating bible verses by LaFrance. Her visionary paintings are a sharp departure from her memory paintings and have never come up aga ...click for details
This extremely well done oil on canvas presidential folk art painting by Helen LaFrance(born 1919 in Kentucky. Helen LaFrance is a self-taught black artist who was born in 1919 Western Kentucky. Her specialty is memory paintings of the disappearing lifestyle of the rural South, although she has painted religious themes and floral studies, usually in oil on convas. She has painted since she was a small child, always following her mother's wisdom to "paint what you know." Not limited ...click for details
Helen LaFrance painted this evocative oil on canvas depiction of what is outside her studio. Her imagination is running wild, so it shows. Dimensions are 21 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches, sight size and 22 1/2 x 26 1/2 framed. Helen LaFrance is a self-taught black artist who was born in 1919 Western Kentucky. Her specialty is memory paintings of the disappearing lifestyle of the rural South, although she has painted religious themes and floral studies, usually in oil on convas. She has painted since she ...click for details
This marvelous memory painting by folk/outsider artist (Kentucky 1919) is a grand painting. The color composition is so fabulous. The blue and red in the quilts is stellar. The contrast of primary colours and the strength in the detail can take anyone to that farmhouse in the country. The sun is shining and the grass is growing. The signed painting is oil on canvas and the dimensions are 25 1/2 x 37 1/2 inches. It comes in a contemporary wood frame. Helen LaFrance is a self-taught black artis ...click for details
This marvelous memory painting by folk/outsider artist (Kentucky 1919) is entitled "Plantation House." The signed painting is oil on canvas and the dimensions are 19 1/2 x 25 inches. It comes in a contemporary wood frame. The delightful colour of the bushes outside this stunning home are what bring life and vibrance to this panting. it makes you want to live there. Helen LaFrance is a self-taught black artist who was born in 1919 Western Kentucky. Her specialty is memory paintings of ...click for details
