Around the middle of April, I was notified that I had been selected as one of 30 artists in the Southwest to create a Burro for Gallery 408 in Carrizozo, New Mexico. Northern New Mexico has its Painted Ponies and for the last three years, Gallery 408 has been producing burros for their annual Burro Serenade. This is a live auction and exhibit of the completed burros proceeds of which benefit animals rescue organizations in the state.

I started with a naked burro. I wanted to do a burro carrying a lost and tied child home. A Rescue Burro.
I asked one of my younger students to be a model and allow me to take plaster casts of her body. Weeks later after working 4,6 and sometimes 8 hours a day the burro was complete. As I built the body and attached it to the burro, painted and decorated it all, the magic began to emerge.

This became an obsession, as I had never done anything like this before!

I am quite proud of the result, truly a bit of magic.
The burro will be delivered to the gallery mid-June where it will remain on display until the week before Thanksgiving and the auction.
To learn more or inquiry about my burro go to www.gallery408.com i


If you would like to see the entire construction process, I have set up an album on facebook, the public link is:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=22434&id=1302345613&l=eda3168b55

