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Ice Cream Shop Folk Art Outsider Original by Arthur Simo

Any of you who are familiar at all with the land of etsy know that it is a virtual paradise of beauty and craft, design and innovation. A place for finding incredibly affordable and often one of a kind items. Amazingly talented entrepreneurs, all with their own shops, selling their own unique wares. It's so easy to be totally swept away, in a kind of domino effect, perusing around this wonderland. You're in one shop and you think I wonder who their favourites are ? so you check that out and then you wonder who else has chosen that shop as a favourite ? ... you fall into one shop and the next thing you know you are being gently led down amazing paths and through a gigantic maze of goodness and delight ... leading you on to more and more.

And that's how I found Arthur Simo yesterday. Wow ! He's 16 and I think his work is amazing. His paintings are all so incredible rich with details and imagination and so wonderfully colourful. Wow ! I love them all. And it turns out Arthur and I have a lot of the same interests (sharks, Egypt, the Universe & space, fossils and dinosaurs). Here's his profile from his etsy shop

My name is Arthur Simo, I'm a teenager, 16 (2008) and I have Autism. I love to paint because I have fun creating each picture. Also I love to play nintendo, watch movies and read about sharks, space, Universe, dinosaurs, aliens, cattles, Egypt and love to collect fossils. I skate, ride horses and bike. I am taking a Tai Kwon Do class and I am a green belt.

Arthur has an amazing Mom, Adriana, who helps him with his etsy shop, she loads up the photos and writes his incredible descriptions out for him. Each painting is a story that Arthur's telling through his art. Please stop by and check out all of his incredible paintings. Rock On Arthur !


Locks and Keys Folk Art Outsider Original by Arthur Simo

and oh yeh ! I guess I would be remiss if I didn't mention today's Canadian federal election. All I'll say is ...

Dear God and the Universe,
Please grant Stephen Harper a first class ticket on the next slow boat to Loser's Island where he can wait patiently in a chaise lounge, Pina Colada in hand, for John & Sarah's boat to arrive.

Merci, All the Best,
your friend Susan