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Jake McCord

1945- 2009 in Thomson , Georgia

Like cartoons, Jake McCord's paintings are about people and animals who inhabit a flat and colorful world. His subjects are solid and poised in the center of the composition with naive integrity like a person unaccustomed to having his picture taken. Usually alone (but sometimes invited to share their composition with a small dog or a muscular beachcomber), his portraits are like exiled Coney-Island types, relegated to an empty plane. And although his subjects are of diverse origins they share a common alarmed expression.

As with all folk art the potency of McCord's paintings is bolstered by his story. Born in 1945 in Thomson, Georgia, Jake McCord lived and worked his family farm until the age of 22, and then worked for the city of Thomson as a grounds keeper for thirty-eight years. It is rumored that he began painting after observing a group of women in a drawing class.

McCord says he watches a lot of television, a habit made manifest in his style: from the consistently squarish rectangular shape of his compositions to his luminous palette, each painting can be viewed as a still-life of a TV monitor. He paints in his front yard on large pieces of plywood that he later displays and sells according to his daily whims.

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1989, size 48 x 56 1/8, $2,000

1989

$2,000

48 x 56 1/8

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1992, size 48 x 56 1/8, $2,000></TD>
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1992

$2,000

48 x 49 5/8

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1989, size 51 x 48, $2,000></TD>
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1989

$2,000

51 x 48

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1990, size 52 1/2 x 48 1/16, $2,000>
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1990

$2,000

52 1/2 x 48 1/16

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1991, size 47 x 48 1/4, $2,000>
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1991

$2,000

47 x 48 1/4

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1989, size 48 x 80, $2,000>
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1989

$2,000

48 x 80 1/2

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1990, size 48 x 58, $2,000>
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1990

$2,000

48 x 58

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1989, size 48 x 79 5/8, $2,000>
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1989

$2,000

48 x 79 5/8

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1988, size 48 x 68 7/8, $1,100>
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1988

$1,100

48 x 68 7/8

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1989, size 48 x 76 15/16, $2,000>
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1989

$2,000

48 x 76 15/16

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1989, size 68 3/4 x 48, $2,000>
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1989

$2,000

68 3/4 x 48

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1991, size 58 1/2 x 48, $2,000>
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1991

$2,000

58 1/2 x 48

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1989, $2,000>
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1989

$2,000

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1989, size 48 x 69 1/2, $2,000>
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1989

$2,000

48 x 69 1/2

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1988, size 48 x 96, $2,000>
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1988

$2,000

48 x 96

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1990, size 48 x 78 1/4, $2,000>
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1990

$2,000

48 x 78 1/4

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1992, size 55 1/8 x 48 1/8, $2,800>
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1992

$2,800

55 1/8 x 48 1/8

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1989, size 48 x 78 1/8, $2,000>
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1989

$2,000

48 x 78 1/8

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1989, size 48 x 72 1/4, $2,000>
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1989

$2,000

48 x 72 1/4

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1991, size 44 7/8 x 48, $2,000>
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1991

$2,000

44 7/8 x 48

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1990, size 48 x 60 3/4, $2,000>
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1990

$2,000

48 x 60 3/4

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1991, size 48 x 48 1/4, $2,000>
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1991

$2,000

48 x 48 1/4

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1989, size 48 x 72 1/4, $2,000>
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1992

$2,000

48 11/16 x 48

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1992, size 48 x 41 1/2, $2,000>
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1992

$2,000

48 x 41 1/2

Jake McCord, American Folk Artist, d.1992, size 48 x 49, $2,000>
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1992

$2,000

48 x 49