Turn of the Wheel; a new commission, semi finalist and finalist

The Home of the Innocents commission will be finished soon. Three of the committee members were out recently to give final approval and, as that job ends, another is just beginning.

I have been awarded a commission for the Charles City Iowa Art in the Park project. Below is a photomorph of the sculpture that will be placed in the park. The concept that the city wanted to convey is education. Entitled "Girl Reading", the sculpture will be created from Indiana Limestone and earthworks. The little girl and the book will be carved from stone and her skirt will be earthworks with a groundcover planting. The plants symbolize the ideas that become a part of us when we read.
The sculpture will be a little over 5 feet tall; the figures shown for scale.
In addition to this commission, I am also a semi-finalist for a $225,000.00 commission in Stockton, California.

The very day that I was getting approval for the Home of the Innocents clay prototypes, I received a call that I'm a finalist for the Hux Cancer Center in Terra Haute, IN ($42,000.00).

And now for something a little different, tree blossoms.


Can you guess what tree this is? You've seen this tree in bloom, but you may have missed it's inconspicuous flowers - what looks like white petals are actually sepals. It's a closeup of a Dogwood.This is a Cherry tree bloomI'm not entirely sure about this tree, I think it is a persimmon.