Saturday, March 30, 2013

Hwy. 80 and Terry Road (University Blvd.) - Charla Bullard and Georgia Wright

My apologies to whoever renamed this part of Terry Road "University Blvd." - I know it's for JSU, and that's cool, but I'm South Jackson to the core and this intersection will always be Hwy. 80/Terry Road to me.

That said, this box is the first of a few that I'm not 100% sure are finished. This one isn't signed, so I'm also not sure who the artist is. I'll keep checking back and see if I can find out more as the boxes progress.

This one is designed to show the view from a typical Southern front porch, and I bet it's screened in, to keep the mosquitoes away. Rocking chairs are plentiful, and there's a nice sunset to look at. This artist chose to utilize the top of the box as well, where he/she put a ceiling fan. That is a requisite item for any porch in the South!







UPDATE: On May 25, I went back down Highway 80 and found that several of the boxes have been completed or at least some more progress has been made. As I suspected, there was a little more to be done with this one. I also found the artist's name near the green rocking chair, Charla Renee Bullard. I couldn't find a lot on her through the interwebs, but according to this article in the Jackson Free Press from 2011, she is an art therapist at Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children. There is another name listed below Charla's, Georgia Wright. I'm not sure who that is - she could be another artist or maybe even one of Charla's patients? A Google search didn't give me any leads. See below for the finished product:






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