Honkey Tonk Angels
Honkey Tonk Angel
Worn horseshoe, mild steel
I enjoy listening to old country tunes while I build sculpture. This is the chorus of one of my favorites:
“I didn’t know God made honky tonk angels.
I might have known you’d never make a wife. You gave up the only one who ever loved you.
And went back to the wilder side of life.”
Quite often I name a piece before it’s created, the words will paint a picture, story, or emotion which I translate into sculpture.
I like to present words as a tangible item for the viewer to see. The term “honky tonk angel” piqued my fancy and I had pondered many a time what one would look like as an object.
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