If a studio were a state of mind, look for me in a spacious atelier with a sculpture park—or simply wandering across the country in a gypsy wagon, setting up shop where I pleased. In point of fact, my summer studio is in Ann’s Garden (our backyard), and my winter studio in Main Lee Art (www.mainleeart.com) in downtown Blacksburg, Virginia.

Time, ardently desired, I expend lavishly on sculpture in my studio of the here-and-now, neglecting otherresponsibilities and excitingthe pangs of conscience. One day I struggle with self doubt,the next I rise almost to exuberance, but in the endonly the work itself endures.So carry on, oh feckless one!