Catching My Sweetheart

"Catching My Sweetheart" is a mixed media art sculpture by Sherry Candy Lane.
It measures 24" high x 9" wide & 9" deep. Types of materials include wood, fabric, thread, wire, metal, cardstock, and plastic.

Sherry has interpreted some of the fragments of her new love's catch, in a very whimsical way. In the mid-60's, she found 'him', and through this art expression she expresses the Sweetheart game that brought them together. Some of the "game pieces" include a carrot, butterflies, rainbows, lion, fruit, chair, bell, crochet 'fishing' rod, a shoe-print tie, an Indiana Jones character to represent her Love, miniature champayne buckets, a 'CANDY' (her maiden name) mini-license plate, silver shoe, a magnetic word 'summer', glitter, fairy wings, green plastic line....and a 1980's card titled 'GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE' and more.

A cutout circle door brags an offset 'CD' ...which picks up the light & emits iridescent light streams. The base is a 1960's fruit pedestal turned upside down. It supports the fanciful paisley print cardboard box (Enchanted trap). A dangling carrot from crochet 'fishing' rod hangs out for bait. Her love will be charmed by the wooden Lion, since he is a Leo. Butterflies, rainbows, fairy wings lure. Colorful spools of thread symbolize the beginning of a beautiful tapestry. The chair predicts a home together. A tiny game block means children in the future. A pin shaped into a paint tin titled 'ROSE' weights down 'the sweetheart' fabric tag (from a pair of GAP) denims. A wooden PuddleJUmper game piece stretches vertically above the spools, giving structure to the sculpture.

BIRDNAP

Mixed Media artpiece by Sherry Candy Lane..This whimsical BirdNap pose began with the wooden chubby green & brown bird sculpture. It measures 15" high. Vivid oranges & greens unify the work. Included in the piece: ribbon, yarn, laminated colorful varieties of birds, floral embellishments, iridescent fabric, a ball of embroidery thread, pipe cleaners, mini bird nest, bejeweled plastic bird, "SMALL" clothing tag used as a crown, & a cluster of red miniature easter flowers.

Six birds are in this whimsical scene.

BIRDNAP by Sherry Candy Lane (c)2009

Little Leapin' Leprechaun

Inspired by a 1980's card illustration--a curious-looking leprechaun atop a bold-looking blue frog in a woodsy setting...Sherry Candy Lane created this unique glass & metal lidded container forest shadowbox/mixed media artpiece.

Glass Shadowbox/Mixed Media artpiece measures 6" wide x 9" high. Composed of: 3" round glass magnifier tool, plastic turtle & frog, polished pebbles, blue glass knob from anthropologie, cork pedestal, glitter, 1980's card illustration, green floral wire, silk bluebell, 1 yellow & black plastic eye,earring prisms, 2 'lucky brand' four leaf clover metal pins.

Blue Frog, magnified on top of pebbles echo the grand blue bullfrog on the card. Green glitter embellishment adds to the whimsy of the curious little faerie man.

Created Winter of 09.

TABITHA...Bird Watcher

TABITHA...Bird Watcher...mixed media artwork by Sherry Candy Lane

....Composed of vintage 1950's felt/wire/fabric character (Tabitha)..assorted birds made of ceramic, craft-type feathered birds, wood...a label from an old top which created the character's name...floral stems, wire, feathers, old bird pins, miniature bird cage, hard plastic bird trio from 1970's bird toys found in an ornate bird cage (estate sale), ribbon, bird tin, metal pedestal, and more.

TABITHA...Bird Watcher

Fascinated, she watched the birds

Flying, Fluttering, Flitting

Feeding, Feathering...

Following their fancies

Hidden in the branches...

Jealous of their sky-ridden stage...

Unaware that they sang

To the girl in the cage.

By Sherry Candy Lane (c)2009

BABY MOON COCOON

Fifteen Moons...

Crescents, Full Moons,and Baby Face Moon

hide in gold & silver

cocoon

Eight Silent Stars Sprinkle Silver Dream Dust.....

Baby Moon Dreams of Glowing to Full Sphere

Old Moon wisely keeps Baby in the Cocoon Haven...waiting for Perfect Moment...

Baby reflects, knowing that soon she will sweep into the night sky, free from the softspun pocket...Illuminating many dark places!

Created by Sherry Candy Lane (c)2009...Baby Moon Cocoon

Mixed Media Art---stands appr. 15" high--composed of paper, foil, resin, wood, glass & wire, "Sweet Pea" Baby illustration, tulle, faceted glass iridescent pin, poet magnet words, glitter, dimensional paper stars, and more.

The artist has a long-standing fondness toward moons. She incorporates the crescent shapes into many of her drawings.

The Enchanted SnowFlake Angel

The Enchanted SnowFlake Angel

Gathering Silver Gizmos from Far Galaxies....

SnowFlake Angel Twists, Twines, Tosses, and Tingles each Tiny....

Frosted Fluffy Feathery Finnicky Fetching Snowy Figment....

Each Drop Adrift with Nature's Ecstacy....

Filled with Charade of Pattern...

Floats, Gloats, Provokes....

Then,

In a Silent Blink

At Her Command,

It waits,

Captivating, Twinkling, Ashiver...

Til the Shimmering Sun Angel Melts its Heart.

This Snow Creature has been created by Sherry Candy Lane...Artist...(c)2009. The angel is a treasure found on Ebay...an old silver 1950's tree topper. Base is a 50 cent sparkle top hat discovered on a Stop and Shop discount rack. All the plastic, silver flowers from a tag sale. Also included...homemade & consignment shop icicle ornaments. The wand woven of beads & glass orns & fake ice. One spectacular snowflake is actually a package adornment.

Winter Bliss

At last, a taste of Michigan winter in Connecticut! Winter bliss.

This wagon wheel may have plowed thru many farm lanes in the past--now it caps the porch, listening to crow tales.

In icy setting, I see sitting, shivering cherub bearing frozen shellflakes.

"Our Lady of the Snow"
Poses

E'er in prayer

For all the roses in our life.

Thank you Mary.

Winter Bliss......****************

Christmas Presence

Let is snow...let it snow..tinsel garlands, glass nests of birds with pipe cleaner halos, & a sassy moon carrying a midnight candle.

This Santa has decorated our home for many years.

Persimmon Red brush Wreaths make sweet nests for the vintage 1950's deer found at a local consignment shop.

White barn owl & clever cone bird arrange a sleigh ride over long icicle paths...

Christmas isn't complete w.o. at least one Mary Engelbreit (midwestern artist) 'BELIEVE' stocking.

Little mice sleep in their eeensy boxes while the angels keep watch. The largest angel has been in my collection for at least 40 years...a purchase from Grants--a dimestore/general store--in Michigan in the late 60's.

Found in my travels, this smashing, dreamy evening bag....a nice nest for the pair of woolly, well-fed Snow Birds.

Dramatic Topiary trio pose before the beach scene.

What is the best Christmas Presence? MK, of course, along with Elizabeth & Matthew. What a Stocking Stuffer.

Outside on the porch, a gentle circle of woodland creatures await the goodies on the tree...acorns, candy, and nuts...A jumbo bowl holds silver garland & old glass bulbs 'round a fun architectural garden finial.

An Anthropologie Glass-covered Bird, framed and re-framed with a snowy wreath chirps 'merrily' over the mantle. Wooden nativity silouettes announce the reason for the season, pillared by shabby wooden trees.

Orbs & Stars,tinsel & miniature, vintage strands of golden trumpeting angels herald Christmas Joy...

Small flocks of birds gather 'round Jesus, caged with silver-wound star & glittered name tag...berries inside & two tiny little bluebirds keep the Babe company...

A quiet gnome on a silent country night has been boxed to cherish the moment...antique wreath pin fests up the simple wooden buildings...generous sprinklings of glitter light up the Christmas Presence of Peace, Love, and Joy.

Jack Frost works his magic in the midst of assorted snowflakes & icicles.

Chandelier boasts fragile, old ornaments, glass copper cones, & a creamy victorian snowchild...

Gnomes in starry hats & in jar lids hasten the happiness of one wonderful grandson. Glass etched spheres predict the everlasting fun of the holidays.

Ivy cups & Balsam-scented candles, Precocious Santa bring our little Elizabeth from North Carolina.

Gingerbread houses, anthropologie cupcakes, pink pinstriped baubles adorn the baker's rack.

Elves, Santa, Sugarplum Fairies, Tinsel, Silver Bells, Jingle Bells...

Icicles, Snowmen, Winter Owls, Jack Frost, Small Flocks of Birds...

Red, White, Gold, Sparkles, Snow, Glass bulbs, Vintage ornaments...

Fantasy trees, angels, babies, snow-babies, deer, lights, nativity...

Christmas Presence...

At our house...soon to be Christmas Memories...brewed with the tea of Christmas Love and Sweetened with the honey & spice of family, decorations, giving & receiving gifts, good food...