Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for December 19, 2015

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A View Local Show Sculptors Discuss their Work The shoveler, Ed Pitney, Takoma Park. It's a tragic portrait of modern man in his futile battle with in different nature, pausing to have a back spasm. Replica of the East building of the National Gallery (life-size), Bob Delgado, Hyattsville. It was an accident, really. I shoveled out my driveway & that's how it piled up. In '96 I accidentally did the Hirshhorn. Heroic bust of Bob Ryan, Joy Roop, DC. This piece just flowed from my subconscious after staring at weatherman Bob Ryan on TV for 3 days. The Awakening (Verso), Milo Hubka, Arlington. I thought, what if I turn the Hains Point sculpture upside down so his rear end's sticking out? And boy do the neighbors hate it!