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plep — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 01:10:52 -0800

The Owl House. The Owl House and the Camel Yard were home to the reclusive South African artist Helen Martins. A place of archetypal, almost mythic outsider art, Miss Helen transformed her home with the help of her collaborator Koos Malgas.
' That simple decision, to embellish her environment, was to grow into an obsessive urge to express her deepest feelings, her dreams and her desires. ' Here are some pictures.

By: plep

plep — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 01:11:42 -0800

This is my world: the life of Helen Martins. Her unconventional life, the tragic nature of her death, and the fact that the Owl House was a genuinely interracial project at a time when such things would have been rare in rural South Africa add to the mystique of the place... more here.

By: gametone

gametone — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 04:14:01 -0800

I love this stuff. If I had a back yard I'd probably be doing it myself. Here's a similar thread vacapinta posted in September.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 08:51:59 -0800

< she resolved, there and then, that she would strive to bring light and colour into her life.>> A rule to live by. Wonderful, I love outsider art - thanks, plep.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:46:16 -0800

Wow. Just... wow. Thanks.

By: misteraitch

misteraitch — Wed, 30 Oct 2002 00:08:34 -0800

Fascinating & lovely: thank you.