Penny Can
The Hobby Shack => Comic Books & Art => Topic started by: Mac on September 25, 2012, 04:26:20 pm
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Penny Art - Jacqueline Lou Skaggs
Most people would walk by a lone penny on the sidewalk. Why bother? But to Jacqueline Lou Skaggs, it's a canvas -- and an inspiration.
The New York-based artist has been working on meticulous mini-masterworks on the common one-cent coin since the 1990s.
"Of all coins, it is the penny that is so neglected and blatantly discarded," she said in an email interview. "It was only this intrinsic 'valuelessness' that interested me. I wasn't interested in painting miniatures -- I was interested in painting on pennies."
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Very cool! Nice find. How did you stumble upon this?
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Msnbc in the arts & entertainment section today