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, TN Shane Campbell 1954- Carvings

Information: Shane Campbell was born in 1954 in New Hampshire but his family moved to Tennessee where he grew up. Shortly after graduation, he married his high-school sweetheart, Nancy, and began managing a series of shoe stores. After twenty-one years, he decided to call it quits on the constant moving and moved his wife and three children back home to Tennessee. Shane's father had been a nationally-known carver who had died a few years before their move home. It was natural for Shane to share a love for collecting and selling antiques just as his father had. Shane fell into that business for a while and began to create carvings to pass the time between customers. His wife returned to school and achieved a life-long dream to become a nurse while Shane became a full-time artist. "I guess I found what I was meant to do. My work is flavored with my love of Early American antiques and my life really. I write on many pieces about my life, hopes, dreams, rants as well as raves about the people I know. I have found a way of living my life through my art." Plagued by severe arthritis called ankylosing-spondylosis, he was bedridden for a time but now with a new medication and with his creative juices flowing, he is able to walk again. "I keep a positive attitude and have learned the secret of life is enjoying the passing of time. " He first started writing on his art when he was frustrated about a situation and impulsively began writing all over one of his works of art. Marsha Weber Art Objects

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	Marsha Weber Art Objects Outsider Gallery Slotin Folk Art The Outsiders Art San Angel Folk Art
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Bibliography: His work in in the permanent collection of several museums including the Milwaukee Museum of Art, the Mennello Folk Art Museum and the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. It has also been included in exhibitions at the American Visionary Museum. "Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art—A guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources" by Betty-Carol Sellen with Cynthia J. Johnson, 2000. Slotin Folk Art Auction Catalog, Masterpiece Sale, November 4, 2006.

Credit: Slotin Folk Art

Credit: Slotin Folk Art

	Credit: Slotin Folk Art
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