The first three arks I made while teaching at UCD during The Bicentennial Year featured the three frogbrothers who divided up the plants and animals and headed in different directions during the destruction of Atlantis. This one went west.

This Noah brother went south with his plants and animals and was never heard from again. However, his descendents could still be living in some lost world somewhere in Antarctica.

After making arks, it seemed natural to make canoes. The canoes and their stands were painted with oils rather than glaze. In this canoe, as in a couple of others, frogs and other animals seem to be trying to get along by disguising themselves as each other. Or perhaps they're just going to costume parties.

Nothing in my life has been more problematic than making public sculptures to go outdoors. I naturally work on very intimate things in a dark room. Working big in a specific site has however given me more adventure, disappointment and annoyance than anything else in my life.

Of the many portraits I've done of FrogVictoria, this one is the ultimate. To make the textures I pressed in various laces and pieces of cloth. She now lives in Vancouver, BC but another version of her along with Prince Albert lives in Victoria.

Another character which has a FrogWorld equivalent is Mao whose great pun title was given to me, for which I was most appreciative. A good title is priceless. I used to pay children 25 cents per idea whether I used it or not.

I did a series of pieces that involved postcard-like shots of a young frog couple making the Grand Bicentennial Tour.

The tour seems like a great date to me.

Another Bicentennial piece considers the relationship between outdoor bronze sculptures and pigeons.

When the founding fathers were through writing declarations, constitutions, and bills of rights, they got down to the really important business. What should be our national flower, motto, or most importantly our national bird? Franklin favored the wild turkey.