Dear Friends:
We are pleased to welcome you to the Green Street Company’s online store gallery. The gallery is a unique resource for serious collectors of ethnic Americana folk art and those seeking special accessories and gifts. We are a family-owned business that offers an assortment of traditional Americana products. Husband and wife artists Michael and Sheila Edwards with their daughter Michelle founded the Green Street Company in 2004.
Many define folk art as being produced by untrained artists that have garnered their skill from those of prior generations. Thus the techniques are handed down over time, often with little change, representing the true aesthetic values of a people offering a look into the depths of their culture. While growing up in Kansas, Sheila’s mother designed and crafted paper dolls for her children. By carefully watching her mother, Sheila learned how to make paper dolls on her own. Recognizing a market for paper dolls at her local elementary school, she began selling them to her classmates. By the age of seven she had a full-fled paper doll business with designs that would later influence her artwork as an adult.
In 1967, Sheila married Michael Edwards. After initially pursuing respective work in social service and educational administration, the couple decided to become self-taught folk artists. In 1983 they founded Sheila Ann Originals/Country and Crafts in Kansas City, Kansas. They specialized in pattern making, quilts, and soft sculptured items. In 2004, the couple, now residing in Massachusetts, renamed their business The Green Street Company and also began painting their designs on wood, tin, and canvasses.
The couple involved their four children in the folk art business. Their youngest daughter, Michelle, learned to paint by watching her parents. She began selling her own folk art, professionally, at eleven years old. In 2000; Michelle however, after taking several years off because she discovered boys and went off to college, decided to branch out on her own. She developed her own line of Country-Contemporary folk art. Michelle’s objective was to infuse an affordable and contemporary line of Americana folk art to the existing Green Street Company repertoire. The Edward’s family believes in the power of their distinctive art to stimulate the intellect, to delight the human spirit, and to contribute to the growing diversity of Americana folk art cultural traditions, popularized by the artistic works of Grandma Moses.
If you love Americana art as much as we do in our family shop, you will be thrilled by our unique collection of traditional and contemporary folk art paintings, ethnic dolls, and more! Our fashionable, affordable assortment of decorative arts will enliven any home décor, compliment any art collection, and make a charming and enduring legacy keepsake for family and friends. We invite you to browse and purchase sale items in our online gallery!
Sincerely,
Sheila, Michael, and Michelle Edwards and Family!
We are pleased to welcome you to the Green Street Company’s online store gallery. The gallery is a unique resource for serious collectors of ethnic Americana folk art and those seeking special accessories and gifts. We are a family-owned business that offers an assortment of traditional Americana products. Husband and wife artists Michael and Sheila Edwards with their daughter Michelle founded the Green Street Company in 2004.
Many define folk art as being produced by untrained artists that have garnered their skill from those of prior generations. Thus the techniques are handed down over time, often with little change, representing the true aesthetic values of a people offering a look into the depths of their culture. While growing up in Kansas, Sheila’s mother designed and crafted paper dolls for her children. By carefully watching her mother, Sheila learned how to make paper dolls on her own. Recognizing a market for paper dolls at her local elementary school, she began selling them to her classmates. By the age of seven she had a full-fled paper doll business with designs that would later influence her artwork as an adult.
In 1967, Sheila married Michael Edwards. After initially pursuing respective work in social service and educational administration, the couple decided to become self-taught folk artists. In 1983 they founded Sheila Ann Originals/Country and Crafts in Kansas City, Kansas. They specialized in pattern making, quilts, and soft sculptured items. In 2004, the couple, now residing in Massachusetts, renamed their business The Green Street Company and also began painting their designs on wood, tin, and canvasses.
The couple involved their four children in the folk art business. Their youngest daughter, Michelle, learned to paint by watching her parents. She began selling her own folk art, professionally, at eleven years old. In 2000; Michelle however, after taking several years off because she discovered boys and went off to college, decided to branch out on her own. She developed her own line of Country-Contemporary folk art. Michelle’s objective was to infuse an affordable and contemporary line of Americana folk art to the existing Green Street Company repertoire. The Edward’s family believes in the power of their distinctive art to stimulate the intellect, to delight the human spirit, and to contribute to the growing diversity of Americana folk art cultural traditions, popularized by the artistic works of Grandma Moses.
If you love Americana art as much as we do in our family shop, you will be thrilled by our unique collection of traditional and contemporary folk art paintings, ethnic dolls, and more! Our fashionable, affordable assortment of decorative arts will enliven any home décor, compliment any art collection, and make a charming and enduring legacy keepsake for family and friends. We invite you to browse and purchase sale items in our online gallery!
Sincerely,
Sheila, Michael, and Michelle Edwards and Family!
Contact Information:
Sheila Edwards
c/o Green Street Company
129 Green Street
Gardner, MA 01440
greenstreetcompanyfolkart@yahoo.com
Sheila Edwards
c/o Green Street Company
129 Green Street
Gardner, MA 01440
greenstreetcompanyfolkart@yahoo.com
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