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Folk art encompasses art produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring tradespeople. In contrast to fine art, folk art is primarily utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic.

A naive artist can choose any subject. They have had no professional art training. A good example is Grandma Moses.

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