Gallery: Outsider Artist Paints Alien Interactions

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    Ken Grimes, *Untitled, We Must Collect*, acrylic on masonite, 1993 The text (followed by flying saucers, crop circles, and ancient iconography) in Grimes' *We Must Collect* refers to what he perceives as meaningful coincidences and mistakes in earthly writings about interstellar communications.
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    Ken Grimes, *Untitled, In Western America*, acrylic on masonite, 1997
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    Ken Grimes, *Untitled, On Their Way Back*, ink on paper, 2002
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    Ken Grimes, *Untitled, Variations of Seti*, acrylic on masonite, 1994
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    Ken Grimes, *Untitled, Soccer Pool*, acrylic on masonite, 2001
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    Ken Grimes, *Untitled, Binary Code*, ink on paper, 2001
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    Ken Grimes, 1994
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