Sculpture Studio
My imagery is mostly animals combined with a variety of colorful foliage, fruits, and dazzling flowers. These ideas and visions all come to me in my mind's eye as I am creating, as though it is some sort of spiritual magic and awakening! This spiritual magic reveals itself to me when the piece is complete. Many of the pieces tell a story yet I do not know the story, until the cast of characters reveals itself to me.
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The first time that I noticed this 'magic', was while I was working on a large trellis or grid form that I was making for Children's Hospital Boston. It was constructed of old and twisted deadwood pruned from my ancient stand of lilac bushes! I attached the sticks and branches together to form something that looked like a rustic fence or trellis. This presented me with a perfect stage for that cast of characters: birds, fish, snakes, mice, fruits, flowers and various other leafy things. This sculpture was intended to be installed in the trauma center waiting room of Children's Hospital Boston. I mounted the last object, and I stood back to take a good look. This is when I realized what it meant and represented: it represented a rebirth some new growth and some new hope!
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The trellis of dead and twisted branches may have stood unnoticed and abandoned for many years until now. One day as if by a miracle a few new birds appeared, leaves sprouted, and flowers once again bloomed, and fruits began to grow. The creatures of the land moved right in, realizing that it was a healthy place in which to flourish. The trellis became a microcosm of life and good health, a new beginning. A good life, new growth and renewed hope.
The celebration of life!