It's no secret I've long loved steam trains. I drew many when I made my living doing pen and ink drawings. Later, steam trains were featured in numerous historical murals I painted across Canada and the USA. And through the last decades we've had the chance to build many replicas of these steam powered monsters for theme parks. This little beauty was built in our studio and then transported to Mall of America in Minnesota. The tricky part was lifting it up, inside the mall, three stories to the adventure golf. They erected a crane inside the mall for the task. We did the work after the stores had closed for the evening. It was a very interesting all nighter.
Third generation artist
I throughly enjoy working alongside family members. Peter and Becke have been by my side since they were tiny. Forty years later we still work together on a daily basis. Phoebe too is in the shop from time to time as her busy schedule allows. This past week Phoebe has been working on a school project in the shop. She's making great progress and her piece is looking great. The tough part is keeping her from borrowing all of my sculpting epoxy! I'm working on my Sign Challenge piece at the same time. It's good to spend time together!
Almost Christmas
This evening Janis & I did our Christmas shopping for all of the kids in our lives. By the time we were through the store the shopping basket was overflowing. We had great fun picking out the kid's gifts. As we packed everything into the car I was reminded of a recent concept I had done of Santa's sleigh - jet powered of course to make it around the world in time to deliver all of the presents to the kids. Christmas is coming fast and we are almost ready!
