Alabama Folk Art, Jimmy Lee Sudduth (1910-2007), Toto

Paint and mud on plywood, portrait of Jim's dog Toto, signed upper left.

24 x 24 in.

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Sudduth was a self-taught artist who began painting as a child making paint from common substances such as mud, sugar, whatever else was at hand. Applied and worked with his fingers, his art often depicts his everyday life.

Some natural splits in the wood.