"The Potato Man
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Life-size Bronze Limited Edition in Current Publication. Available in full color (shown) or traditional patina Note: Also available in one half life-size, shown below right.
"I frequently enjoy dealing with peasant objects---particularly older ones---whose wrinkles and creases tell stories of lives well-lived. Developing a character, of course, is a very personal experience and one of my goals is to attempt to 'capture a moment' which will cause a viewer to participate with the sculpture. That goal stays in place all the way down the line...throughout the process...untill I reach that sweet spot in my gut that tells me "it's finished".
In the case of "The Potato Man", he has proven to be somewhat of an 'everyman', in the sense that people who have observed him at various times have suggested that his lineage must be "Northern European...Irish...Moroccan"... and in one case, even "Chinese"! The answer, of course, is that he is whomever---and from wherver---you want him to be.
Susan