Working as a tobacco farmer and cousin to folk- artist, Tim Lewis, Junior Lewis started making art late in his life around 1987. He uses a chainsaw to rough out shapes from blocks of wood and then finishes the pieces by sanding and carving by hand. Inspired by Native American art, his devils take on tribal qualities in the way they are animated through stark contrasting red and black paint as well as the geometric shapes that give them facial features.
Lewis is best known for his devil figures, which are occasionally left unpainted. KMAC’s collection also contains biblical scenes of the Garden of Eden, the birth of Christ and the Last Supper.*
*Bio from Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
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