Nyla Gladine Thompson, Mouth Painter, c. 1950s Original Oil Painting on Postcard vintage Lucky Strikes tin made with whatever was around

made with whatever was around

18” x  12 /4”

Published by MoMA in 1958 and edited by James Thrall Soby

) Held together at the center with a turned wooden handle

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Nyla Gladine Thompson, Mouth Painter, c. 1950s Original Oil Painting on Postcard vintage Lucky Strikes tin made with whatever was aroundI didn't quite understand the meaning of "mouth artist" handwritten on the back of this hand painted postcard when I found it, or recognize the name of Nyla G. Thompson of Austin, TX who signed it, but a little googling led me the fabulous folk outsider collector Jim Linderman's Dull Tool Dim Bulb blog, where I learned a bunch about her, including that she did, as a polio survivor, indeed paint by holding a paintbrush in her mouth. [here's a link] As