It's a Man!

How do you fit a 10' sculpture through a 7' door? (Those of you who traveled with us on the QCFA Arts Cruise just smiled as visions of a 7' piano in a 6' elevator crossed your mind.) :)

This week we became the proud foster parents of a 800 lb, 10-foot cast bronze, Self-Made Man by Bobbie Carlyle. Bobbie and her fiance drove him here from Colorado, strapped to a flat bed trailer along with a host of other sculpture. What a vision he was rolling down First Street on the way to his new
home away from home. It took several of our new neighbors and two friends visiting the gallery to
move him from the trailer, down the sidewalk and through the gallery doors. Then there was the exciting task of helping him stand. Once that was completed, we all stood back in awe and admired our accomplishment.
Our good friends Joe Sanders and Ali Howard were on hand for the event. And I do mean "on hand." Both of them pitched in to help move the sculpture and were most happy to pose with him for his first official QCFA portrait.

Available in 10 sizes from 12 inches to 14 feet, this sculpture definitely makes a statement. When I admire him, I often think about my wonderful Quent; he is the most amazing Self-Made Man that I have ever met.