Original Primitive Folk Art Painting This little treasure is framed and matted. This collection of "Literary Greats" paintings are perfect for book shelves, desks or just about anywhere. Framed Portrait of Flannery O' Connor American writer, particularly acclaimed for her stories which combined comic with tragic and brutal. Flannery O'Connor belonged to the Southern Gothic tradition that focused on the decaying South and its damned people. O'Connor's body of work was small, consisting of only thirty-one stories, two novels, and some speeches and letters.