Hunting Scene
John Tweddle
American, born 1938

Details
Title
Hunting Scene
Artist/Maker
John Tweddle (American, born 1938)
Date
1967
Medium
Oil, fabric, metal, and paper on panel
Dimensions
46 1/2 x 65 3/8 inches
Credit
Gift of Barbara and Ronald Davis Balser
Accession #
1983.17
On View
Currently not on view
Although John Tweddle was formally educated, his use of everyday materials is similar to the methods of self-taught artists. In Hunting Scene, the sun—a medallion cut from a popcorn box—rises in a sky collaged from flattened beer cans, which also form the upper frame of the piece. Tweddle attracted a following in Atlanta and New York in the 1960s, but as a native of rural Kentucky, he often felt isolated from his big-city peers. He reminds us that labels like “outsider” and “insider” are relative and that many artists consider themselves a combination of both.
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