Its seems as though Rain was the only choice of weather for months now in Canada…
I usually don’t care about the weather but it got to be a bit much. I was shopping last week and a woman came up to me and started to lecture me on updating the web sites. She was a passionate fan of our work who also felt she knew us. I asked her to join Brian and me for coffee and an hour later we all saw things differently. She realized that we are no different then her in our artistic process and we realized that to some of you we are a muse as you are to us… I will try to update more often, yet we will expect you to tell us more about your adventures in art and inspiration when you write us….
Now for a bit of catch up…
We have been sculpting 4 major works we are keeping under wraps until their unveiling in the fall of 2011.
As of Monday we are working on 26 pieces for the National Portrait collection the 26 people that we are sculpting thus far are each and everyone a treasure in our life… and each have enriched or even changed our life in so many ways and the journey is only beginning…. there has been a period over the last few months where I questioned spending time living in Canada and contemplated a change… Monday one of the Faces we sculpted was a spectacular subject the structure and shape, the proportions as near perfect as I’ve seen until now my favourite work was Patrick Steward now The Bust of Greg moves into The Favourite spot, add to that his view of life and his values are an inspiration… how lucky are Brian and I that work offers us a chance to grow for the better just by doing what we love…
We have spent a great deal of time working on projects for the Duke of Edinburgh Awards and there will be some fun and exciting things happing on the Duke front that you can be a part off… so check back and I’ll keep you informed. We had a few wonderful highlight moments A silver Award ceremony with the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia was a chance to see some of the youth we have got to know shine and the Gold Award Ceremony with The Governor General of Canada was fantastic, a few of the young men and women honoured have worked with us and we were very proud. The Governor General’s one of the most wonderful heads of state when he is talking to you he is with you and nothing else matters he is captivating and his breath of knowledge immense … Canada is fortunate.
For the royal wedding we were blessed to sit at a table representing the Duke of Edinburgh in The queen’s official residence with Mayann E. Francis the Lt. Governor of Nova Scotia Making the event a memorable and personal one.
We helped create a Music Video with Vital scenes Productions for the Church of England Canada for the Royal couple and to be shown during the wedding that was a very fun adventure that helped inspire the young Duke participants who helped create it…
All in all it’s been a fun and busy few months
Tonight we begin sculpting a resurrection sculpture with Tristan that I have very wonderful feelings for I think this work will redefine our career.
Now on one last bit of house keeping there have been reports that I was ill and they are true… in April I suffered an unbelievable pain in my head the ER doctors wanted to go into my head right away. that night I didn’t die so your sculptures are have not gone up in value yet…. I also opted not to have surgery of any kind… I have a wonderful life and if it long or short it was as near perfect as anyone could ask … after the last year I can’t say if I believe in the church or God, as I knew it… but I believe in good and evil and I’m secure in my life so I hand it to the force of good to do with as it pleases… if I’m meant to create I will; otherwise I am very happy and blessed. So no lectures please…. let’s just toast to a sunny day… for the next 50 years…
I won’t be flying for awhile so keep in touch and we’ll arrange a couple of events this summer in the east where you can come and meet us and get to know each other
P.S. I hear many young gay men and women repeating the myth life is hard, its only what you make it, stop searching for perfect and perfect will happen when you least expect it… July 4th is our 25th anniversary we were committed in a civil ceremony at sea of the coast of Kennebunkport Maine, July 1st is our 8th anniversary of legal marriage in Toronto, Canada. As of today its been 25 years and not a single night apart… we didn’t plan it that way it just happened and to be honest it has been a very easy 25 years and it only seems like yesterday… just let love happen don’t over think it and don’t listen to your friends and family trust your heart….
Calliope was to be a small celebration of 20 years of our sculpture and it seemed to grow rapidly into a vision of its own. Diane was a blessing of organization that held the variables together, we invited just over 100 people and our door prize ballots held 793 different names and addresses, the food and venue were world class and our quite evening to unveil the pieta of the Mira on our 20th anniversary as artists was celebrated by a capacity crowd of well wishers. Tringa Rexhepi opened the evening with Otis Smith singing a new piece I wrote for the evening, they were a wonderful paring. Otis entertained us with works from my catalogue as well as his own wondrous creations. Filling the theatre with music. The rotunda was the home to over 100 of our works as well as over 50 works by artist who we are inspired by. As we unveiled our newest works on the floor of the rotunda, the magnificent music of Ardyth and Jennifer filled the space above the sculptures with harp music from just this side of heaven. 















