Jim Sudduth
(1910-2007) Fayette, AL
Jimmie Lee Sudduth started making art using mud and other natural pigments when he was a child; he claimed to know of at least 30 shades of clay around his homeground. He discovered early on that by adding a sugar-based substance to the mud such as molasses or Coca-Cola, that the mud would stay fixed to the surface it was applied to. By the mid-1990s, because of advancing age, Sudduth started using more acrylic paints in his work.

WILd Toto
1980s
48" x 24"
mixed media on plywood

Capitol Building
ca. 1990
24" x 32"
mixed media on plywood

Roadster
1987
12.5" x 25"
mixed media on plywood

House in the Woods
ca. 1970s
48" x 19"
mixed media on plywood

druid city hospital
ca.1987-90
48" x 24"(irregular)
mixed media on found plywood

BOBO FAMILY HOUSE, FAYETTE
n.d.
27" x 60"(image)
mixed media on plywood
framed