Crude Things

Her style is whimsical and erratic, and she often  describes it as “art brut” (a term coined in the late 1940s by French Artist John Dubuffet, to  whom her work is often compared).

Lana Guerra (also known as Crude Things and Flutterbug) is a mixed-media artist whose  work—which includes paintings, puppets, photography, fashion, and stop-motion animation— has been exhibited extensively throughout the United States, Mexico, Canada, England, Turkey,  and France. She is also the owner and creator of Crude Things, an aesthetic brand with an ever growing cult following. Her fanciful wigs and costumes have been used for a variety of events,  such as Mardi Gras, Burning Man, and performances at Walt Disney World. 

Copyright NFTs:

Snake Cat

Zombie Clown

Lana's Flower

Candy Skull

Her artistry draws inspiration from urban graffiti, primitive  masks, antique dolls, and decaying architecture, and explores the themes of childhood  innocence, voodoo, and imagination. Her process—which begins with pure and authentic  creative impulses—involves painting, drawing, erasing, re-working, layering, and using an  improvisational (stream-of-consciousness-like) technique.

Lana has various murals hidden throughout New Orleans, but No Money No Problem is  by far her most visible. Scrawled along the side of the old Frankie and Johnnie’s Furniture Store  building, its name is a throwback to the famously kitschy commercials that the now-defunct  New Orleans furniture store ran on local TV in the 1990s.

The artist may be contacted on instagram @crudethings