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In the summer of 2005 I was invited to attend an event called The Show and Shine. Owners of cars and trucks from past and present were being displayed. The vehicles were meticulously cared for and/or restored and I wanted to have a carving that would connect me to this event.
In preparation for the show my imagination took me to a place where one of these old gems got left behind, lost and deteriorating over time. While I carved, I felt a sense of abandonment, solitude and excitable adventure. Why was the truck left here? Who was driving?
Quiet, lonely and yet peaceful here by the pond nestled in an old oak-forest where the remains of a past campfire are still evident. Imagine the occupants of this truck starting out on a day's adventure and ending up here.
I selected this moose antler for several reasons. The antler represents aging, fading and one would think, finality. Just when you thought the antler would deteriorate until the earth consumed it, it was given to me to create something new. As is the truck, slowly deteriorating until one day, the right person at the right time finds this treasure and turns it into something new. Until then, it will continue 'Fading'.
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