Time machine

 

Around  the turn of the millennium —

back when Chris and Tor were still on the board, Misha was still  “under the board”, Mike had just graduated from high school (just kidding), Yeongchi was sculpting the portrait of the director of R.I.C. (his boss), and Susan had just begun her very popular sculpture class…..  

The above candid snapshot was taken in the coach house studio.

Left to right:

Misha Livshulz (hands only), Chris Miller, Tori Muehl, Mike Vest, Dr. Wu, Susan Clinard,

The model was Jerry Warshaw.

God  knows how this photo survived

pinned to the studio wall all this time, now somewhat worse for wear.

25 years later - by pure chance - all but Susan were reunited one day in the Sunday afternoon sculpture workshop.

( Susan now has a sculpture studio in New Haven where her husband, Thierry, runs a bio research laboratory at Yale )

As I have said many times :

The Palette is a paradise for figurative artists.

Why would anyone ever wish to leave?

So many things can happen over so much time,

calamity can strike at any moment.

We all are are so lucky to have survived,

to still have the Palette, and still have each other.

Though it is troubling that not one new face was there for the photo,

even if a few more recent members did arrive later in the afternoon,

Susan Clinard 

Below, Susan has shared two more photos from that workshop:

The gentleman in the center is Dr. Ed Mccarron.

Cannot identify the lady.

And here she is giving a demo back in the day:

….damn, but she was a fine looking woman

(As well as a talented sculptor!)