Distant Beauty
The inspiration behind Distant Beauty came from a vintage Cuban poster I had been holding onto for years. I loved the organic simple lines of the face and wanted to recreate the feeling in a sculpture. Distant Beauty is very organic in its feel and gave birth to the softer Bea Girl. Distant Beauty also gave birth to my combining Stainless Steel with Cor Ten. The first Distant Beauty I did was made of painted mild steel. I discovered that I am a terrible painter, so the oxidized Cor Ten made more sense for this sculpture. After seeing and really liking the result of combining the two metals, I tried it again and came up with Olive Branch.
The name Distant Beauty came about because perspective gained from viewing the artwork from agar is necessary to fully appreciate the piece. When I had first completed it and set it in my yard, I wasn't confident in the work. It didn't convey what I had hoped it would but I soon got a phone call from a friend who had seen it as he drove by my house and loved it. I went down the end of the long driveway, looked up, and voila, I saw what he saw and it was just as I hoped it would be!
