Loy Allen Bowlin

Loy Allen Bowlin
Born	1909 Franklin County, Mississippi
Died	June 14, 1995 McComb, Mississippi
Education	None
Known for	Outsider Art
Notable work	Beautiful Holy Jewel Home of the Original Rhinestone Cowboy
Awards	Southern Arts Federation/NEA Fellowship for Painting and Works on Paper

Loy Allen Bowlin (1909–1995), also known as The Original Rhinestone Cowboy, was an outsider artist from McComb, Mississippi. His artwork largely included bejeweling his clothing, Cadillac, home and even his dentures with thousands of rhinestones. Bowlin's life and work have been acclaimed by various outsider art critics and periodicals including Raw Vision.

After his death, Bowlin's Mississippi home, the Beautiful Holy Jewel Home of the Original Rhinestone Cowboy, was acquired by the Kohler Foundation, Inc. and was moved to the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where it is on permanent display.^[1]

References

1. Kristin G. Congdon; Kara Kelly Hallmark (2012). American Folk Art: A Regional Reference. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, LLC. pp. 269–272. ISBN 9780313349379.

• Marbling: A Complete Guide to Creating Beautiful Patterned Papers and Fabrics [Paperback]Diane Vogel Maurer (Author), Paul Maurer (Author)
• Zeiger, Dinah. (1999) "Hey Rhinestone Cowboy! Dinah Zeiger enters the 'Beautiful Holy Jewel Home of the Original Rhinestone Cowboy'." Raw Vision (39)
• Auer, James. (April 19, 2000) "All that Glitters was Gold to Entertainer." The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
• Kohler Art Center: Fever dreams and utopian nightmares. in roberta fallon and libby rosof's

artblog. July 25, 2006.

External links

• Hey Rhinestone Cowboy!