29" x 10" x 11.5"
Edition of 12
Cost: $5800 cdn

Liberty was a bit of an “over the top” creative project that I had been thinking about for a number of years. However, I was shy (and everyone knows how shy I am) to discuss it with anyone even remotely connected with me assuming that such a discussion would be the final proof that I really was nuts. After my marriage to Martica in Cuba my life finally began to settle down and for a number of reasons I started to feel more confident that the project had merit. I was just married and wanted to spend a fair amount of time with my new wife and son but I was in a country that allowed me no priveledges. However, I felt I was justified requesting a prolonged stay if I was working and luckily Cuban Customs had allowed me to bring in my tools and wax. Unfortunately, it was illegal for me to hire a model and my Spanish was poquito so it was problematic to even think about beginning a human-form wax without a model. However, fate always seems to step in for me and this project was no exception. Martica and I were riding our bicycles one day far out in the countryside when we stopped for a rest in the shade beside a river. I was still thinking about a half-woman, half-cat bronze when I noticed a perfect branch for the cat-woman and asked Martica to climb out on the branch in her underwear. Much to my surprise she agreed, fearlessly climbed out on the branch suspended over the river and she became the perfect model for Liberty (all 4foot 101/2 inches of her). I began work the next day and it really was a work of love during a wonderfully satisfying period in our new life together.