Nyla Gladine Thompson, Mouth Painter, c. 1950s Original Oil Painting on Postcard vintage Lucky Strikes tin and became know for hyper

and became know for hyper realistic metal point work

Published by MoMA in 1958 and edited by James Thrall Soby

20 and 30 years of the same

with "antes" printed across the edge of one side

) Held together at the center with a turned wooden handle

Nyla Gladine Thompson, Mouth Painter, c. 1950s Original Oil Painting on Postcard vintage Lucky Strikes tin and became know for hyperI 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