art by paco felici

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JUAN GONZALEZ (b. 1927)

Juan Gonzales is a delightfully compulsive tinkerer, who has created some amazing sculptural pieces of outsider art. This proud WW II veteran worked for 30 years as a handyman for the First Baptist Church of Lockhart, Texas - and has maintained this work ethic and a "can do" attitude well into his retirement.

He spends most of the day in the shed behind his mdest home in Lockhart, Texas, where he pieces together scrap lumber, broken furniture, appliances, and an infinite amount of found objects and pieces them together into delightful works of art and folk art furniture which could well be considered art as well.

We will be adding more of his works in the coming days. Among his favorite subject matter are making very detailed scale model versions of the half dozen or so barbecue joints for which his hometown of Lockhart is famous! Stay tuned!

"The Alamo" - Made of discarded particle board and cardboard.


"Grandfather clock" - Made from scraps of an old chest of drawers, lead pipes as the chimes, and a discarded kitchen clock.

All images copyright 2002 - 2004 by Paco Felici