Andrea completed a 6-foot giraffe for the Mount Sinai Hospital located in Miami Beach. Preschool children brushed on a glue/water mix (with a little help from Andrea and me) and added layers of colored tissue paper. The young children did a terrific job! The colorful giraffe looks great. (add photo)

Andrea and I were selected (along with a few other Florida artists) to paint individual 7-foot alligator sculptures. We’re going to paint ours like a juicy slice of watermelon. When completed, the sculptures will be on display at the Sawgrass Mills Mall located in Sunrise, Florida. The sculptures will then be auctioned off with the proceeds going to the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood.

In the spring 2010, we had the pleasure of making a 6-foot tiger for the World Wildlife Fund. According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2010 is the year of the tiger. Originally, the tiger was going to be shipped to Qatar, but due to shipping costs, the tiger was eventually sent packing to Washington, D.C. The WWF recently planned a trip to Capitol Hill (with tiger in tow), but they couldn’t get it past security!

A few other fun projects include making a two-foot chocolate chip cooking, a donated Oscar the Grouch sculpture for an event in Miami, and a pair of 8-foot sharks. I need to finish painting a 3-foot killer whale . . . in tangerine orange and white.


Cookie Monster devours 2-foot papier mache chocolate chip cookie!
(Donated Oscar the Grouch sculpture for an event in Miami)