Ulery in Indiana
In 1947 Norman Vincent and Gert loaded their two-door Model A Ford with clothes, bedding, paintings and a Persian cat named Jinx, and headed for the art colony of Brown County, Indiana.
Brown County did not prove to be the kind of community of visionaries that Norman had found with the Art Students League in Hollywood. Also, his emphasis on modern art distinguished him from the more realistic landscape painters of Brown County. These are among the reasons Ulery is referred to as an outsider, if not an outcast, among Brown County artists.
Blue Pitcher (1948)
Oil, 16x20
$2000
Clearing the heavily wooded four acres they had purchased in preparation for building a 9x12 room, the beginnings of The Red Shed Studio, the Ulerys discovered a small, overgrown cemetery. Their first neighbor was Captain W. Allison, 17th Indiana infantry, Civil War veteran.
Brown County Graveyard (1951)
Oil, 18x22
$1500
Ikon (1970)
Oil on carved board, 11.5x18
$500
Unto The Hills (1956)
Oil, 10 ½ x14
$900