Minnie Adkins large carved alligator folk art painting 3 1/2 foot long masterpiece by world famous carver!!!! Start Price USD 800.00 Current Price USD 800.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, May 11, 2008 End Time Sunday, May 18, 2008 Location south See more about 'Minnie Adkins large carved alligator folk art painting' Description four auction is an absolute masterpiece by famed folk artist minnie adkins.  this amazing carved alligator is carved from a single piece of wood and measures 42" long.  it is signed and is in mint condition!  if you have any questions or need additonal pictures, let me know and be sure to check out my other folk art auctions!   Minnie Adkins Among the best known folk artists in the United States, Minnie Adkins acquired her reputation through skilled animal carving and by giving generous assistance to her neighbors in developing art careers of her own.  For several years on the last Saturday of June, there has been a picnic, “A Day in the Country,” in Isonville at the Adkins ‘home.  Well known artists and some new faces appear each year to introduce and sell their art.  This event attracts friends, collectors, and art dealers.  Minnie continued this tradition in 1998 and 1999, as she had promised her husband she would do. It is a typical example of the way in which the Adkins couple has offered generous support to their artist neighbors.  In 1998 a gallery at the new Kentucky Folk Art Center in Morehead was named after Minnie and Garland.  Minnie is known for her red foxes, bears, opossums, tigers, and roosters.  Her figures are smoothly carved and painted.  The animal faces are distinctive.  Minnie carves and paints scenes from the Bible, too. In 1994, at the 18th Annual Appalachian Celebration, Minnie Adkins was presented with the Appalachian Treasures Award.  In 1998 she and Garland were awarded honorary doctoral degrees from Morehead State University.  Minnie’s carved and painted works illustrate the book Bright Blue Rooster (Down On The Farm), by Mike Norris. Garland helped Minnie with the carvings, which she painted.  He roughed out and dried the pieces in a wood-fueled “smoke house”.  Everyone grieved when Garland died, after a long illness, in November 1997.  The Kentucky Folk Art Center featured the artistic couple in the exhibition “Something Big: The Art of Minnie and Garland Adkins,” in Morehead, Kentucky, in 1994. In the early nineties Minnie and Garland’s grandson Greg Adkins, began helping with the larger carvings, and continues today. His signature is included on all of the larger carvings since 1997.     Place a Bid!