Caldwell County artist loves to paint and it shows at unique art gallery

THEIR CHECK DIVERTED TO PAY

THEIR SPOUSES PAST DUE CHILD

SUPPORT.

>> CALDWELL COUNTY IS AN

ARTISTIC LITTLE TOWN.

>> SCOTT MASON IS IN LYNN ARE

IN A SHOP FULL OF FOLK ART.

[ MUSIC ]

>> Reporter: LENORE IS WELL

KNOWN FOR ART.

THERE IS ART ALL OVER TOWN

INCLUDING HAPPY ART.

>> A LOT OF MY PICTURES ARE

JUST MEANT TO MAKE YOU SMILE.

>> GROWING AT THE MOON.

>> I DON'T THINK IT HAS A LOT

OF LONGEVITY.

>> HAPPY ART THAT TURNS HEADS.

>> I'VE SOLD A LOT OF VOWELS.

>> THE BIGGER THE BETTER.

>> I LOVE PAINTING BIG.

>> HE LOVES TO PAINT.

>> IS HARDLY EVER TWO DAYS IN A

ROW THAT I DON'T PAINT.

>> NORMALLY HE PAINTS EVERYDAY.

>> EVERY DAY ON BREATHING.

>> SOMETIMES 80 HOURS A WEEK.

>> IT IS HOW WE MAKE A LIVING.

>> THE FOLK KEEPER IN DOWNTOWN

LENORE.

>> LIES FULL CART INTRIGUING?

>> BECAUSE IT COMES IN SOUL.

>> THAT IS DEEP.

THERE'S DEFINITELY A DEEPER

MEANING TO A LOT OF THINGS THAT

I PAINT.

>> THE YOUNG MAN.

>> IS GOING TO SEE HIS LOVE.

>> WHAT IS THE HOUSE EMPTY?

>> SHE WILL PROBABLY BE ON THE

PORCH.

>> THAT IS IF SHE IS IN THE

PAINTER'S HEAD.

>> THIS IS SOMEONE I'VE SEEN IN

MY HEAD.

>> IT IS A CREATION OF HIS

IMAGINATION.

>> MY WORK IS ABOUT MAKING YOU

HAPPY.

>> CHARLIE FRYE.

>> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE

CHARLIE?

>> MAGIC.

>> CHARLIE'S WIFE IS PART OF

THE MAGIC.

>> THESE ARE ALL PICTURES OF

OLD MAPS.

>> ART FROM PAPER OR FROM

BUTTONS.

>> ANYTHING I CAN HIDE.

>> SUSAN HAS FOUND HER ARTISTIC

VOICE WHICH IS HARD TO DO.

>> IT'S IN YOUR HEART.

>> WHEN HE STARTED PAINTING,

DID SOMETHING CLICK INSIDE YOU?

>> EVERYTHING CLICKED INSIDE

ME.

IT EXPLODED.

I'M TELLING, LIFE CHANGED.

IT GOT RIGHT AND COLORFUL.

>> HE BEGAN PAINTING A WAS BY

ACCIDENT IN HIS MID-TO-LATE

20s.

>> I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS A FOLK

ARTIST UNTIL SOMEBODY TOLD ME I

WAS.

>> IS IT HARD TO MAKE A LIVING

FROM FULL CART?

>> YES.

>> THEY ARE DOING IT.

>> WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR

EVERYBODY.

>> EVEN THE DOOR OFF A

VOLKSWAGEN LOADED WITH MAGNETS.

>> THAT IS WHY I LOVE THE

GALLERY.

>> THE FOLK KEEPER GALLERY.

>> A COLLECTION OF ALL THE

THINGS WE LOVE.

>> WHAT IS YOUR GOAL FROM HERE

ON OUT?

>> JUST REALIZE EVERY MORNING

AND EVERY NIGHT HOW LUCKY I AM.

>> HOW HAPPY HE IS.

>> IF YOU CAN'T BE HAPPY DOING

WHAT YOU ARE MEANT TO DO, YOU

JUST MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO BE

HAPPY.

>> WISE WORDS.