Update!

(15 August) The database should now be fixed, so there are no more stray funny characters... but there may still be glitches. I just discovered that all of the Peanuts puzzles had disappeared, because "artist=peanuts" was not matching "Peanuts"; so there is more to do in sorting out case-insensitive matching.

Database problem!

Apologies! A recent database upgrade has left lots of Japanese text corrupted, and also some variant characters, such as the e-acute in "Pokémon," not showing correctly. I am working to correct this but may take some days...

申し訳ありません 現在、データーベースの問題でほとんどのパズルの詳細などの日本語が文字化けになっています。修復するまで何日かかかるかも知れません。ご了承ください。

Folk art of the USA

Americana puzzles

Further down this page: More about the artists

We have long featured Charles Wysocki's puzzles, and now have a new range including other artists in the folk art genre.

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Jane Wooster Scott

An aspiring actress from near Philadelphia, Jane Wooster Scott moved to Los Angeles. After a stint as a television host, the attraction of folk art captured her attention, and her colourful and jolly style has made her a successful artist ever since.

Charles Wysocki

The American artist Charles Wysocki (1928-2002) was born in Detroit, but spent almost all his working life on the West Coast of the USA, in Los Angeles, and in Lake Arrowhead where he settled, just to the east.

His rather charming primitive style is instantly recognisable: full of warm wit, but rigidly refusing to comply with any conventional "rules" of perspective.

Wysocki puzzles - comprehensive list at Puzzlehistory.com, including puzzles produced by both Yanoman and Milton Bradley

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For reference: you can view all the Wysocki puzzles that are out of print in the Attic.