Willie Massey was born in 1906 in Salem, Kentucky. He worked as a tenant farmer and learned to make things to meet practical needs and to satisfy his creative energy. He was married for more than twenty years. Willie created many different art forms and images using found objects and materials. He is possibly best know for him much-decorated birdhouse complete with wingless birds, and sometimes a snake or two. He died in 1990 as a result of burns suffered in a fire in his home. His art was included in the exhibition "African-American Folk Art in Kentucky" His work is included in the permanent collections of the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Morris Museum of Art and the Kentucky Folk Art Center just to name a few.

click to enlarge	White and Black Bird with Red Legs $425 click for ordering and availability	click to enlarge click to enlarge	Altar and Chairs $950 click for ordering and availability
SOLD click to enlarge	Birdhouse Large Two Story $1,200	SOLD click to enlarge	Small Patriotic Bird
click to enlarge	Pheasants 20 x 24 $1,500 painted on reverse side of canvas; wooden part painted as a frame click for ordering and availability	click to enlarge	Snake $225 click for ordering and availability
SOLD click to enlarge	Cat with Bird in Tree Painting 18 x 14 framed $1,000
click to enlarge click to enlarge	Plow $350 click for ordering and availability	click to enlarge	Bird with Crown $425 click for ordering and availability
		click to enlarge	Gila Monster $350 click for ordering and availability
click to enlarge	Guillotine $700 click for ordering and availability	SOLD click to enlarge	Brown Birdhouse with Red Bird $900
SOLD click to enlarge	Small Red Bird with Base	click to enlarge	Bald Eagle 18 x 22 $800 click for ordering and availability
click to enlarge	Eagle 14 x 18 on canvas, framed $1,000 click for ordering and availability	SOLD click to enlarge	Colorful Bird
SOLD click to enlarge	Small Red Bird Painted Tail
		click to enlarge	Mower $350 click for ordering and availability
click to enlarge	Pretty Bird 12 x 9 on paper framed $325 click for ordering and availability
click to enlarge	Blue Birdhouse $900 click for ordering and availability	SOLD click to enlarge	Six Foil Turtles $45 each
click to enlarge	click to enlarge close-up	Riding to Town $1,400 click for ordering and availability	click for ordering and availability
click to enlarge	House with Plane $1,200 23 x 14 x 14 click for ordering and availability

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