Tuesday, June 13, 2000

Pig Parade: Hog Wild

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Art's a poppin' on this pig

By Owen Findsen
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Artist Cindy Hackney, a flower-pot painter, put a rose for Pete Rose on the nose of her pig. (Luis Sanchez photo) | ZOOM |

        Artist: Cindy Hackney, 48, Westchester. “I'm known as the pot lady because I decorate flower pots. I've sold over 10,000 of them.”

        Sponsor: The Williams family.

        This pig's pen: Western Southern Park, Fourth Street, downtown.

        You were inspired by: Pop artist Peter Max and illustrator Mary Engelbreit.

        You want people to look at this pig and think: That Cincinnati can be a wild place.

        Completing the project took: 2¹/₂ weeks, full time.

        Swine over matter: Sign painters' enamels.

        Your high on the hog was: Just being visited by friends and neighbors while I was doing the pig and getting to talk to people I don't get to see too often.

        Pig peeve: Lying on my back and painting where the sun don't shine.

        Best pig tale: The rose on the pig's nose is for Pete Rose.

        My favorite pork dish: Pork roast with A-1 sauce.

        The materials cost: $250.

        Do you consider this art or porkography? NO question. It's art.

        If your pig starred in a movie (or an opera), who would you cast to play the role? Steve Martin. He's a wild and crazy guy.

        This is the 45th in the series spotlighting a pig from the Big Pig Gig Public Art Project taking place in Cincinnati, Covington and Newport. Past pig profiles can be found on enquirer.com. Click on the Big Pig Gig icon.

       

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