Valentine grant, bronze works, Toyota with tail fins, a face in the wall, Elvis fountain

I am thrilled to have won a grant in the 2003 Artist’s Valentine Grant competition for my Barbie body of work. The juror was Nick Capasso, director of the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. Many thanks to the Artist’s Valentine committee, especially Sally Reed. I have used the award to buy a cement mixer. I ‘m also enjoying working in bronze. Here are two medallions, each about six inches in diameter.

This is St. George W Slaying the Dragon. Pretty puny dragon, isn’t it?

Bronze medallion of Hathor,a winged cow, by Gwendolyn Holbrow. — Bronze medallion of Hathor,a winged cow, by Gwendolyn Holbrow, 6″ diameter.

A bronze in the round, a kneeling woman who supports an interlaced man, girl and boy, called The Family, is off at the Roddy show at the Concord Art Association.

Bronze sculpture of kneeling woman holding up intertwined figures of a man and two children. — Bronze figure of kneeling woman holds up intertwined figures of a man and two children.

Other progress: the Toyota with its tail fins is now named Winged Victory. Here it is:

Maroon Toyota sedan with tail fins by Gwendolyn Holbrow — Winged Victory: Maroon Toyota Corolla with tail fins by Gwendolyn Holbrow

Like that setting? It’s a McMansion nearby. I kept waiting for the dogs to attack, or at least a security service to show up, but nobody seemed to mind my parking in the driveway.

Here’s the face in the stone wall out front.

Face in stone wall. — Face in stone wall by Gwendolyn Holbrow

I long to work on it some more, but there’s always so much to do… It’s directly modeled in the fresh mortar, with glass eyes from a taxidermy supplier. And finally, here’s a peek at the Elvis wall fountain.