A series of 20 paintings by self-taught Gullah artist Sam Doyle are a highlight of this year's Outsider Art Fair in New York. The works, priced from $35,000 to $85,000, are presented by The Gallery of Everything and come from the collection of publisher and Intuit Art Museum co-founder Bob Roth.
Doyle's narrative portraits, created with house paint on found materials, document the people and oral histories of his Saint Helena Island community and prominent Black American figures. His work, which influenced artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat, represents a vital cultural record of Gullah traditions and Black American experience. The fair presentation underscores the growing institutional recognition and market value of outsider and self-taught art, following recent exhibitions at major museums like the Whitney and the Royal Academy.