Vollis Simpson (NC, 1919-2013), Folk Art Whirligig with Pony and Cardinal

2006, polychrome painted mixed metal whirligig with two fans, signed to posterior.

30 x 34 x 14 in.

Private Collection, Edenton, North Carolina

Vollis Simpson was a celebrated Wilson County outsider artist with permanent works in the North Carolina Museum of Art, the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, and the American Folk Art Museum in Manhattan. His first windmill, produced to power a washing machine while serving in the Pacific during WWII, was made from parts of a B-29 bomber. The city of Wilson recently constructed a Whirligig Park featuring Simpson's work.

Scattered paint flaking and small rust spots; otherwise good estate condition.