Ossie Lee “Geech” Samuels believes that the shape of the wood determines what he carves. His surreal sculptures show a wide variety of subjects, including unicorns, real and fantastical animals, family members, black heroes, and futuristic automobiles. Although he is color-blind, Samuels paints his sculptures with an array of colors and a “secret mixture” of sawdust, glitter, and glue. (Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Contemporary American Folk Art: A Collector’s Guide, 1996, and Betty-Carol Sellen, Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art, 2000)
“There’s a story to go with everything, and the stories just keep popping out.” O. L. Samuels, quoted in Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Contemporary American Folk Art: A Collector’s Guide, 1996
- Title
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Dog
- Artist
- Date
- 1995
- Location
- Dimensions
- 45 1⁄2 x 39 x 10 in. (115.6 x 99.1 x 25.4 cm.)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- carved and painted wood, glass, and glitter
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Animal – dog
- Object Number
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1997.124.84
- Palette
- Emoji
- Linked Open Data
- Linked Open Data URI
