Artist Kenny Scharf's funky home and garden: the ultimate canvas

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Scharf snuggles with his cat, Boy, in a rope hammock covered with a scrap cotton rug. Behind him, two-handled fiberglass cups called "Madglad" are stacked to form a totem pole. The Scharf sculptures were originally used as individual planters; now the top one holds dried grass.<br>
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"At first, I thought my neighbor was a collector of 1950s Disneyland memorabilia," says Chris Paine, who lives next door. "When I found out it was Kenny's own work, that made it even better." Paine says it's beautiful to live by someone who celebrates art and to see "the crazy funky wonderful thing that Kenny does with everything he touches."

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( Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times )

Scharf snuggles with his cat, Boy, in a rope hammock covered with a scrap cotton rug. Behind him, two-handled fiberglass cups called "Madglad" are stacked to form a totem pole. The Scharf sculptures were originally used as individual planters; now the top one holds dried grass.

"At first, I thought my neighbor was a collector of 1950s Disneyland memorabilia," says Chris Paine, who lives next door. "When I found out it was Kenny's own work, that made it even better." Paine says it's beautiful to live by someone who celebrates art and to see "the crazy funky wonderful thing that Kenny does with everything he touches."