Sad, Sad Clown
Art Linares was a prolific but mysterious outsider artist, working in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1940s - 1950s. He usually signed his work “Senaril” (Linares backwards). His favorite motifs included clowns and other carnival types, religious figures, and street characters. He made a lot of strange allegorical works, such as Jesus on the cross, surrounded by military jets and missiles. Another series featured a sad clown, with two women kissing in the background (probably a story there!). This is one example. Note the Mephistophelian clown figure looming in the upper left corner!
In 2012, hundreds of his paintings and drawings were discovered in a house in Half Moon Bay, California, and distributed to the four winds. Hopefully, someone will gather them together again, for a show and/or a book!
24" x 18" Acrylic (?) on canvas, mounted on 1/4" cardboard. Slightly bowed.
Art Linares was a prolific but mysterious outsider artist, working in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1940s - 1950s. He usually signed his work “Senaril” (Linares backwards). His favorite motifs included clowns and other carnival types, religious figures, and street characters. He made a lot of strange allegorical works, such as Jesus on the cross, surrounded by military jets and missiles. Another series featured a sad clown, with two women kissing in the background (probably a story there!). This is one example. Note the Mephistophelian clown figure looming in the upper left corner!
In 2012, hundreds of his paintings and drawings were discovered in a house in Half Moon Bay, California, and distributed to the four winds. Hopefully, someone will gather them together again, for a show and/or a book!
24" x 18" Acrylic (?) on canvas, mounted on 1/4" cardboard. Slightly bowed.
Art Linares was a prolific but mysterious outsider artist, working in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1940s - 1950s. He usually signed his work “Senaril” (Linares backwards). His favorite motifs included clowns and other carnival types, religious figures, and street characters. He made a lot of strange allegorical works, such as Jesus on the cross, surrounded by military jets and missiles. Another series featured a sad clown, with two women kissing in the background (probably a story there!). This is one example. Note the Mephistophelian clown figure looming in the upper left corner!
In 2012, hundreds of his paintings and drawings were discovered in a house in Half Moon Bay, California, and distributed to the four winds. Hopefully, someone will gather them together again, for a show and/or a book!
24" x 18" Acrylic (?) on canvas, mounted on 1/4" cardboard. Slightly bowed.