Artwork Details
- Title
- My Garden IV; Green is Good
- Artist
- Date
- 1999
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 2 in. x 2 5⁄8 in. x 5⁄8 in. (5.1 x 6.7 x 1.7 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lloyd E. Herman, founding director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gallery (1971−1986)
- Mediums Description
- fabricated and cast sterling silver and carved lizard skin jasper
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Object — written matter
- Object — foliage — leaf
- Object Number
- 2003.12.1
Artwork Description
The trees, leaves, and shrubs of her garden inspired Sharon Boardway to create works that evoke, in the words of one critic, “an unspecified narrative . . . a mood or a moment in time.” Toward the end of her career, Boardway began experimenting with color; the title of this brooch reflects her love for her garden and her belief that green is good, in nature and in jewelry.