John Robert Mason was born in North Carolina in 1900 and
lived in Suffolk Virginia. He worked on the railroads before
retiring. John did pictures using colored pencils and felt
markers on paper or cardboard. His pictures are
distinguished by images of stylized birds, moons, trees,
suns and "Mongolians". His "studio" was the Hardee's
restaurant in Suffolk, where everyone knew him. He was
included in the exhibition "Folk Art" The Common Wealth of
Virginia" and his work is included in the permanent
collection of the Kentucky Folk Art Center and the St. James
Place Folk Art Museum. John Robert Mason died in 1997.
SOLD Green Bird in a Tree 10 x 10 on poster board unframed $125 SOLD One Mongolian, a Bird and the Moon 12 x 10 on poster board unframed $145 SOLD Two Birds Under the Moon #1 13 x 11 on poster board unframed $165 SOLD Two Birds Under the Moon #2 15 x 11 on poster board unframed $165 SOLD Neptune 15 x 11 on poster board unframed $165
