SCULPTURE OF THE WEEK

Last week I sold "African Queen" to a lovely woman from Palm Harbor who had seen an article about me in the Tampa Bay Times. I wanted to share the story behind the sculpture. Years ago I traveled with my daughter to Africa for three months. One country we visited was Mali, one of the poorest countries in the world. While there, a teenage mother tried to give me her infant, and I met a man who lived in a one-bedroom house with his family of 35 people. Most people cook, eat, work, socialize and sleep on the street. It was a life changing experience. Every day I would sketch and make notes. This sculpture is from a sketch of a woman who, although she was extremely poor, carried herself like a queen.