They want to know why you were out late

Work by New Hampshire-basedfartist Tim Campbell at the Hannah Grimes Art Center, Keene, N.H.

Barbara Gibbs wrote in the Laconia (N.H.) Daily Sun:

“Tim Campbell identifies with the term of outsider art, which was coined by an art critic in 1972 as an English synonym for ‘art brut’– French, meaning raw art or rough art. The critic, Roger Cardinal, used this term to describe art created outside the boundaries of official culture. The term outsider art is often applied more broadly to include self-taught or naïve art makers. Campbell's work reflects his sharp sense of humor, and interest in primitive folk art as well as contemporary political and religious imagery.’’

1907 postcard from when Keene was an important manufacturing town. Now it has mostly a service economy, including Keene State College and Antioch University New England.