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![]() "Small Wild Ride"8" h, 7" w, 7" d |
![]() Mae and Malaika |
![]() Wendy and Ophelia |
![]() Robert and Rosie |
![]() Malaika with Mariah |
![]() Sophie with Milla |
These are all people with stories, and we are hoping that our customers will help us decide what the stories are. I know a little about the 5 ladies on the stoops. Mae and Malaika are African American (though I think Mae may be a teacher and Malaika a princess), Mariah is Caribbean (a dancer?), Sophie is French (and possibly Jewish but definitely a great cook) and Milla is Slavic (she loves to laugh and play the balalaika?). The Street Party is a homecoming for Robert. Sophie is catering. I will add dancers and musicians in the next grouping.
I know a bit more about Robert and Rosie. I based Robert on a young Iraq vet I met, who was travelling around and talking about his experience in the war, where he lost a hand, on his day off, while trying to throw a grenade out of the back of a truck. He spoke about his loss with courage and grace. I gave Robert a beautiful girlfriend, who is sealing off his past with love (with her hand over his lost hand) and opening his future (with her hand opening his right fingers). I hope to acknowledge with this sculpture the sacrifices made by our service people, whether we are for or against the war. 1% of the cost of this sculpture will go to a veteran's group of your choice. Wendy is a friend of mine and a terrific photographer, who gave me a photo of herself with her young friend, Ophelia, a Pueblo Indian with Down's Syndrome. Wendy says Ophelia will like this sculpture of the two of them. 1% of the cost of this sculpture will go to the Special Olympics. |
I started with a much requested "Laughing Nude", but decided to dress her, and seeing she was so exuberant that she needed to be lifted to correspond with her spirits, I put her on a flying carpet. She was an older woman enjoying the ride, but she was also the wind. To accompany her I sculpted the sun or "Light Dance" (my son had said, "she's a heavy woman dancing so lightly") and then the water, fully and hopelessly human in the flow on his way to the ocean, calling this series "Alternative Energies". |
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![]() "Wind"(Wild Ride)11" h, 7" w, 8" d |
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![]() "Sun"(Light Dance)17" h, 10" w, 6" d |
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![]() "Water"(Man on Wave)13" h, 13" w, 9" d |
Bunda |
Amah |
Nanima |
Nona |
Mudd |
7" h, 5"w, 5 1/2 " d |
7" h, 5" w, 6" d |
6 3/4" h, 6" w, 5" d |
7" h, 5" w, 5" d |
7"h, 5"w, 5"d |
Pepe |
Lolo |
Big Papa |
8" h, 6" w, 6 1/2" d |
8" h, 4" w, 6" d |
7 1/2" h, 6" w, 7" d |
Pepe and Belle | Marcus and Len and Leaky Len and Leaky are no longer available |
Abuela |
SOUTHWEST BIRDSONG |
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