Sweet in the middle: map reveals Americans’ art tastes, state by state

A new map made by eBay shows the most searched-for artists by its US customers – and it seems that in the midwest, all Americans want for Christmas is the corny, cosy art of Terry Redlin

This is the time of year, if there ever is a time of year, to look at the art of Terry Redlin. This American artist loves Christmas. He paints cute Christmas scenes laden with snow and fairylit windows, reindeer, Santa, and the sun glistening over the whole bizarrely daubed winter wonderland.

Never heard of Redlin? I hadn’t either until I perused a map made by eBay showing the most searched-for artists by its US customers, state by state. Redlin comes top in a swath of midwestern states that form a solid column through the heartland of the map – North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas.

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