{"product_id":"william-hawkins-paintings","title":"William Hawkins: Paintings","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first book of paintings--122 reproductions--by a brilliant twentieth-century folk artist: a self-taught master  who began to paint when he was ten years old and won national recognition at the age of eighty-five.  William Hawkins was born and raised on a small Kentucky farm. Needing to express himself  he used whatever materials were at hand--glossy enamels (ordinary house paints)  large pieces of Masonite  heavy paper or cardboard rescued from trash heaps. He painted continuously  earning his living as a truck driver  among other things. His intense  wondrous  quirky paintings are filled with images--startling and playful--that derive from an unruly but inspired sense of freedom and humor. Here are wild animals--an elephant with a striped tusk and trunk...a stag  wide-eyed and startled  looking out from a masklike face; cityscapes; historical and modern landmark architecture; images made from photographs; a red Ferris wheel; a short humpbacked creature with a cone hat  a beak  and a single  pasted-on eye.  Handsomely designed and produced  William Hawkins chronicles the life and work of one of our most important folk artists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986621427765,"sku":"ByrdShop_0679450750","price":63.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780679450757.jpg?v=1770911237","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/william-hawkins-paintings","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}