Sally True Grit
Mixed Media Art Shadowbox
By Sherry Candy Lane
Measures 12 x 15"
Wooden Box with glass cover
Suitable for hanging/or free standing
Sally shadowbox inspired from artist's love of the farm where she grew up--and where she raised a pet pig named Sally (that one day, unfortunately, had to be sold for pork chops). When Sally saw Sherry approaching the pig pen, she would flop on her side and wait for her to rub her side with a corncob. Sally also gave Sherry many silly piggy back rides. Sally started out her pig life as a runt.
The box encases many facets of the artist's farm life---a white glass barb wire insulator; burlap; guitar pic (Sherry used to play the guitar); 4H Club Merit pin; True Grit label (recalling the Grit newspaper that used to be delivered to the farm in West Branch Michigan--filled with exaggerated, bizarre, highly-questionable news stories); wire fly swatter shaped like a hand; miniature vegetables recollecting crops & large gardent. Sally the pig rendition was found on a fabric tote bag at an estate sale, and was actually labeled 'Sally' inside for the owner of the bag--what a coincidence and inspiration. A 'cow jumped over the moon' lavish pin hangs in the upper scene, as well as other items bespeak the artist's deep love for her farmlife upbringing.
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