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| by Edward Deeds courtesy Harris Diamant & Neville Bean |
There was once, in the first half of the 1900s, a man named James Edward Deeds who was an artist ~ but only for the time he was incarcerated in State Hospital No. 3. His story ~ and the story of how his artwork came to the attention of the larger world ~ make for fascinating reading. His drawings seem at first glance full of a simple naiveté, but it is an innocence that belies the harsh and sad reality of his life: http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2012-09-14/news/electric-pencil-edward-deeds-outsider-art-mental-illness-harris-diamant-springfield-state-hospital-missouri-electroconvulsive-therapy/?ref=navigation
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