Fish

The Smiling Collection

Nobody can feel serious all of the time, especially living here in the Keys. After all, artistic inspiration comes both from within and without.

What I call my "Smiling Collection" has been inspired by my tropical surroundings. When I first moved to the Keys, I spent most of my time o the water, in the water. The brilliant array of colors in the underwater world fascinated me. The marine creatures never ceased to amaze me, and always made me smile.

While I was honing my sculptural techniques for my female figures, I could not help but start to make little fish, which I put on necklaces. I always added smiles to their faces, because I always seemed to be smiling when I made them. So it only made sense to call them "Smiling Fish." And they have a legend...

From fish came dolphins, manatees, turtles; then flamingoes , and even flying pigs! What remained unchanged was that they all smiled. I'm not sure anymore who smiled first!