Littleton, New Hampshire - IMAGES # 1 TO 3
The town of Littleton, New Hampshire received a grant from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts to explore the possibilities of a public sculpture for their downtown. I met with a number of groups and talked with organizations throughout the town. We developed a variety of themes that reflected the history of Littleton and the aspirations of its people. I presented four sculpture designs to the community in the grand hall of the Littleton Opera House.

The first design was for the Saranac Glove Company, which made the best deer skin gloves in the world. My design was to create a giant pair of their signature glove in bronze. They rested on top of a pedestal of granite emblazoned with the family names of the workers who made those gloves for over a hundred years.

The next design was a large stone fountain for Pike Industries, a local company that for as long as anyone could remember, made scythe stones in a mill by the river. This design includes a large bronze version of the company’s logo, which was a pike with a scythe STONE in its mouth Within a torrent of water. The family names of workers would be carved on the base of the seating area around the fountain.

The third design was for the Kilburn Stereoscopic Slide Company which was the premier stereoscopic slide manufacturer in the world. My design was to create a large bronze stereoscopic slide viewer on a stone-viewing pedestal, which overlooks the river and mountains to the east and across the river to view the building that housed the company through the end of the nineteenth century.

The design that was chosen, emerged during a conversation at the Littleton Historical Society, when it was mentioned that Eleanor Hodgeman Porter, the woman who wrote the very popular novel “ Pollyanna”, grew up in Littleton and that many have thought that Glad town in the novel, is indeed, the town of Littleton. With this sculpture I have tried to express the exuberance and positive attitude of Pollyanna in one all-inclusive gesture of acceptance. The bronze figure stands in the center of town, upon a circular granite base, in front of the town library..

MC CONNELL ART ADVENTURES TILE PROJECT - IMAGES # 4 TO 8
THE CITY OF DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE CELEBRATED ITS COMMUNITY WITH THIS VERY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT. OVER SIX HUNDRED PEOPLE PARTICIPATED BY CREATING DECOUPAGE DESIGNS ON WOOD TILES. I WAS COMMISSIONED TO CREATE SCULPTURAL PIECES WITH THE TILES AT TEN SITES WITHIN THE MCCONNELL COMPLEX AND TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO PAINT AND INSTALL THE SCULPTURES.