Two Awkward Carved Nudes - ONLY LEFT NUDE AVAILABLE taxco and the ball rolls around

and the ball rolls around beautifully

where it has clearly been held many times

and a baseball player whirligig by well known South Dakota based contemporary folk artist Kent Gutzmer

whenever the opportunity arises

here's in good shape

Two Awkward Carved Nudes - ONLY LEFT NUDE AVAILABLE taxco and the ball rolls aroundRight nude SOLD; Left AVAILABLE One of my favorite genres of carvings has definitely become what I'd call awkward nudes clearly done with great care and sincerity, but not quite masterfully, with the faces especially betraying the idealized bodies and poses the carving was clearly hoping to achieve. For me, these embody a big part of what I love about folk art the embodiment of lots of aspiration, hard trying, and very often "failure". And so while