larry phifer

Lives and works in El Paso, TX, USA

Artist statement

In 2019, I began doing outsider art / raw art. "Art by instinct" is a good way to put it. I've never had any lessons or training. I paint very fast and the end product is always a surprise. ​“There is no art without intoxication. But I mean a mad intoxication! Let reason teeter! Delirium! The highest degree of delirium! Plunged in burning dementia! Art is the most enrapturing orgy within man's reach. Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn't bore.” -Jean Dubuffet

Artwork

• Oasis, 2019. Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
• I'm fine. Why do you ask?, 2019. Acrylic on Canvas
• Howdy, Partner, 2019. Acrylic on Canvas
• What's Up, Doc? , 2019. Oil on paper
• Bandit, 2019. Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
• Paradise , 2019. Oil and Acrylic on Wood
• The Veiled Lady, 2019. Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
• Let's Swing, 2019. Oil on Paper
• Voyeur Circus, 2019. Acrylic on Canvas
• Native Son, 2019. Oil and Acrylic on Paper
• Giddy-up, 2019. Acrylic
• Trio, 2019. Acrylic on Canvas
• Pied Piper, 2019. Acrylic on Canvas
• Camille, 2019. Oil on Canvas
• Catch Me If You Can, 2019. Acrylic on Canvas
• Playtime, 2019. Acrylic on Canvas
• I Am Smiling, 2019. Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
• Overlord , 2019. Acrylic and Resin on Glass
• Origin, 2019. Oil on Canvas
• Dominion, 2019. Oil and Acrylic
• Akashinga ("Nature Protected by Women"), 2019. Acrylic on Canvas
• Full Regalia , 2019. Acrylic on Canvas
• I've Been Waiting for You, 2019. Acrylic on Paper
• Chief, 2019. Oil and Acrylic on Paper
• The Brave One, 2019. Oil and Acrylic on Paper
• Delirium, 2019. Acrylic on Canvas
• We've Been Expecting You, 2019. Acrylic on Paper
• Outliers , 2019. Acrylic on Wood
• Carnival , 2019. Acrylic on Glass
• I'm Not Afraid of You Anymore, 2019. Acrylic on Canvas
• Medicine Man, 2019. Acrylic on Canvas
• Isosceles, 2019. Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
• Best in Show, 2019. Acrylic on Canvas
• Wildfire, 2019. Acrylic on Canvas
• Spacetime, 2019. Acrylic on Canvas
• The Mad Hatter Can't Find His Hat , 2019. Oil and Acrylic on Paper
• Creativity Monster, 2019. Acrylic on Glass
• El Toro in Tandem , 2019. Acrylic on Canvas
• Blue Betty, 2019. Acrylic on Canvas
• Midas, 2019. Acrylic on Canvas