Artist Statement
Leanne Harger May 26, 2018 I am from southern Mississippi where crawfish boils are sacred. I do not even remember a time without crawfish during the summer. When creating this piece, I had no clue where to begin. We happened to go camping and that is when inspiration struck! While eating crawfish, I looked down at those creepy, little beady eyes and that is when I knew exactly what to create. I wanted what I created to be funny and I wanted something that I was sure would bring a smile to the face of the person viewing it. Too often, as artists, we take ourselves way to seriously. It is good to take a break from the serious and have a little fun with our art. With fun, summer, and my roots in mind, I set out to create my miniature environment. I used materials that I easily found around camp. I used sticks, dirt, water, dried twigs, some tin foil from a wrapper on the ground, and the heads of two crawfish. I positioned the crawfish to look as if they were sharing a sun reflector to catch some 'rays' together in a muddy, southern 'hot tub.' I hope you find the end result as fun and silly as I intended it to be when I created it!
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