MAGA

MAGA followers. Three articulated figures, Mid 20th Century Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

N. E. Galloway was a Wood Carver too. Totem and Snakes with Owls

I’ve posted the monumental totem of N. E. Galloway before (shown also) but I have also learned he.was quite the woodcarver.  Here’s a carving he made from a tree adorned with a snake and owls!  I’m not sure the size, but appears to be a massive tree with a snake with a bunch of owls. It’s on costers allowing it to be wheeled around, so It must be be huge. N. E. Galloway wood carving postcard 1930s - 1940s and press photo of his totem pole. Both collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb #folkartwoodcarving. 

Drugstore Cowboys et cie A collaboration with HALO 3 Venus d'ailleurs

Drugstore Cowboys et cie. (Drugstore Cowboys and Company) A 12 page collaboration with Halo digest (#3) and Jim Linderman of Dull Tool Dim Bulb the Blog. Photographs, ephemera, postcards and what not depicting the myth of the American West and Cowboy Culture. Halo is a beautiful large sized Digest / Book devoted to exceptional art and magic. Halo blends diverse high and low art with considerable style. Venus d’ailleurs: HALO is a multi-disciplinary art and literary magazine published by the French hybrid publishing house Éditions Venus d'Ailleurs. Functioning as a portable art gallery, the publication explores surrealism, esotericism, paraphysics, and fringe arts. I am honored to participate with this publication. More information on the issue and the organization is shown below. https://venusdailleurs.fr/

Kicking Ass

A Kicking Ass. Primitive handcarved wired motion toy late 19th, early 20th century. Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

African-American made Folk Art Cupboard with original Mirror with Provenance

Sometimes things come with provenance. A 19th century cupboard in original paint once owned by Howard Campbell, noted North Carolina Roustabout and folk art collector. I was able to purchase it in 1998, and asked Kimball Sterling, the auctioneer who had handled it wayback what he knew about it. “That piece came from a black home In Hawkins County Tennessee. The Town was Rogersville. I bought it about 15 years ago from a man that got out of the house himself”. His note is inside the door. There is a name signed in Pencil inside one of the doors but it is a little hard to make out. Fine with me. I like a little mystery. One of my favorite pieces, two of the most colorful people I have ever met, and a beautiful object I have treasured 25 years. African-American cupboard with original mirror 62 inches tall, 34 inches wide. I believe it is yellow pine. Original paint. 19thCentury. Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Schoolgirl Art Fashion Drawings c. 1955?

Do all artists copy? Carol did. Fashion drawings by a schoolgirl who appears to have “knocked off” her designs. That’s not a negative…I like everything about these drawings, especially the crusty scrapbook borders which add a ragged frame to each work by our young artist, and the positioning of the original drawings from contemporary media. Carol has no last name indicated, but I also have some drawings which appear to be by her sister too. I will post one day. Group of “anonymous’ drawings by Carol no last name. West Coast, Circa 1955? Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb #schoolgirlart. #vintagefashiondrawings. #dulltooldimbulb.

Canada's Big Wooden Folk Art Carved Safety Head for July 4th weekend

Canada’s big wooden automobile safety head reminds us about safe driving on the July 4th weekend. If you drive the speed limit (or slightly below to save gas) and avoid tailgating (the most stupid thing drivers do) your chances of getting home safely are far increased. If you speed and/or tailgate you are a fool. Speeding typically only saves you about 2 to 3 minutes over a 15-mile drive, and tailgating saves you zero seconds. In fact, following too closely doesn't shorten your travel time; it simply increases the risk of a rear-end collision, which can delay your trip for hours. Save your own big head and those of your family, Follow speed limits and relax. You’ll get there. Stay a car length behind the guy ahead of you for every ten mph you are traveling. . Original snapshot of the Big Head Safety Warning Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Vintage Swimsuit Snapshot from Dull Tool Dim Bulb on a very hot day

Whew,temperatures might reach 100 here today. It’s even too hot for the ol’swimmin’ hole. It will keep me inside and I’m not happy having to stay inside. Trends indicate I might have to get used to it. Original Anonymous Snapshot, circa 1940 - 1950 Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb