Kerri Quirk is an extremely talented Outsider Artist from eastern Connecticut. Kerri is also a person with autism. Her art is infused with magical threads, colors that ignite and daring perspectives.

Outsider Art is synonymous with “Art Brut,” French for “raw art” referring to art that has not been “cooked” by the traditional art world of school, galleries and museums but, instead is art that is pure and unaffected by concerns about competition, fame and financial reward. No one influences Kerri’s art. It is the result of her own brilliance.

Outsider artists are deemed visionary and intuitive by Sanford L. Smith & Associates, the producers of the annual Outsider Art Fair in New York City. In February 2010 the fair, sponsored by the American Folk Art Museum, brought together 38 dealers connected by their desire to highlight artists working outside of the mainstream. One of these was art entrepreneur Margaret Bodell.

Kerri is one of the emerging artists currently represented by Ms. Bodell. Twenty-seven of Kerri’s paintings including her studies of “Carousel Ponies,” “Poinsettias” and “Sunflowers” were displayed at this year’s Outsider Art Fair.

"Kerri": an Art Studio & Gallery at 861 Main Street in Willimantic is open to the public. In addition to paintings of outstanding originality in concept, subject and technique, Kerri’s weavings, note cards, mugs, and “Kerri Bags” are also featured.