Criteria for labeling oneself as an outsider artist is a matter of opinion, but it may be helpful to be self-taught, to do art as a recluse and die before anyone knows you drew 5,000 pictures of your penis, to live in a mental hospital... they have lots of finger paints there and management loves to exploit your work in charity auctions. Do art on death row while claiming you are now one with The Lord (anything to keep from burning in hell... even doing art). Or be so fucked up that you don't even know what a paint brush is. To be like that painting monkey. I loved that craze so much. I can masked being fucked up for a while but I can't hide my love for monkeys. With that said here are some crazy mark stories... just so you can get to know and love me... I'm a highly educated Outsider Artist on the verge of utter break down. You have to look... don't you? I will try to write the copy in such a way to help make you feel uncomfortable. Thank you.