The last born of twelve children, Buddy Snipe was born in 1945 in Macon County, Alabama, and still lives nearby.
As a child, he made toys for himself and the other children out of whatever he could find. He also made wagons and wheelbarrows out of tree limbs and scrap lumber. He sold them to neighbors. Later, Snipe worked as a pulpworker, a logger, a farmhand, a dishwasher, and he fixed things for people—broken furniture, sagging doors and fences.
About 45 years ago, he started to make Sculptural assemblages from roots, tree limbs, vines, scrap lumber and anything else he could find that triggered his imagination. He also paints pictures on scrap lumber and tin and frames them with some of his found objects.
He incorporates the elements of high art: line, form, texture, balance, color, while also remaining uninhibited by the norms of those elements. Mr. Snipe adds rhythmic improvisation & narrative which bridges the worlds of Primitive and Modern art in completely original ways.
We are currently low on Mr. Snipe’s work, but if you would like to be notified when we have more, just email us at folkart@amerifolk.com
Selected Works
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The Cry Baby Sisters
Mother Goose
Burbenna
The Walnut Head Man
Proud Belly
The Cabbage Head Man
Mr. Day's Work
Bad Luck Rabbit
Seahorse and Friend
The Plum Wine People
Cow Dog
