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Bill
Potts has worked with scrap lumber, paints, and materials that he
picked up along the way. He neglects nothing that can become part
of his broad vision. His works include astonishingly varied themes
of the extinct and contemporary world: dinosaurs, animals, airplanes,
classic cars, historic figures, and ethnic folk heroes. Executed as
single pieces or as part of a tableau, his prolific work of the past
decade has been discovered by critics and important collectors of
folk art.
Bill Potts currently lives and works in Denver, Colorado and has achieved
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In
one newspaper article written by Steven Rosen of the Denver Post,
Potts was named the "highlight of the show"; the show was
an exhibit of Colorado Folk Art and Artists at the Arvada Center for
the Arts and Humanities. Rosen wrote: "Bill Potts, a local carver
who uses wood scraps to make wry and touching tributes to contemporary
black culture. Unlike so many other creators of folk arts and crafts,
he doesn't pretend the electronic age has bypassed him. A black man,
Potts keenly carves tributes to those African Americans who have become
part of our cultural heritage thanks to the media. While his Michael
Jordan doesn't look exactly like Jordan, it is so full of vibrancy,
a sense of action and artistic good will that I find it preferable
to any poster-size photograph."
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Tiger
Woods
Medium: wood
Size:
Price: price on request |
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Noah's
Ark
Medium: wood
Size: 60 x 24 x 31
Price: price on request |
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