“I’d like to say I’m not much of an artist as
I don’t have much of an education or training... I know also
I am not a writer and unless Christ comes in, I am afraid I can’t
explain how I did these pictures or why.” — Myrtice
West
Myrtice
West: Self-Taught Visionary Artist
Myrtice West, a self-taught artist in Centre, Alabama,
is a leading figure in “outsider” and “visionary”
art. Her work has been called a cross between Grandma Moses and
Hieronymus Bosch, and she has been compared with other renowned
outsider, visionary artists such as Howard Finster, Sister Gertrude
Morgan, Norbert Kox, and William Blayney. Her paintings are in numerous
museums and private collections.
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