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My dogs spend all day in the studio with me but when I ask them to model, they get all put-out. Don’t get me wrong, they are great company, but sometimes I would like more investment . Dogs and art go together, particularly during the Art Nouveau and Art Deco eras. My 2 beautiful Weimaraners and Italian Greyhound are excellent specimens for studying the anatomy and use of muscles for movement and expression. Symmetry is particularly important in Art Deco and curves are imp

Little did I know, when I sculpted "Pestilence", a physician during the Black Plague of the 1300's, this would be the first of my “Pandemic Series.” Although they knew nothing about infectious disease at the time, the costume of the plague doctor did afford some protection against the bacerium, Yersina pestis. The long beak of the mask was filled with aromatics, herbs, juniper berries, camphor and cloves to disguise the noxious odors thought to carry the disease. No doubt