Group of Three Joe McCuaig Folk Art Sculptures
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A pair of female and male devils, and a work titled "Breakthrough", all smaller wood carvings by McCuaig.
Tallest height: 18"
Joe McCuaig is a self-taught woodcarver and painter who lives off the beaten track in Copemish, Michigan. He stands 6'8" and worked for a time as security at rock concerts. He worked as well on a variety of construction projects and would show up on weekends at flea markets with his family selling his walking sticks and carved fish plus other odds and ends. As his work became more popular he began carving larger animals and deep relief carvings. These deep reliefs and other carvings have a stark simplicity and are defined as much by what is left out as by what is included. He signs his work JM with a brand made out of a coat hanger. Joe's work has been shown at the Judith Racht Outsider Show in Harbert, Michigan and he has attended shows in Atlanta, Chicago and Louisville, Ky. (Source: Dewey Blocksma, artist, author and folk art collector, Michigan).
From the lifetime collection of living folk artist Dewey Blocksma, Beulah, Michigan. Blocksma acquired most pieces directly from the artists.
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