Michael Garman City Scape "Mornin Line"

A truly magnificent sculpture diorama showing a street scene with a man checking on his horse race bet in the newspaper. An old woman peering out of the front door window at him. An open window with trash on the sill, and litter everywhere. The scene is lit up with overhead lights and a lamp above the door. This is a truly magnificent piece of art. 19.5" x 10" x 29.5" Born in Fort Worth in 1938 and raised in Arlington, Texas, Michael Garman was eight years old when he began creating little pipe-cleaner men. According to Michael Garman, that was his start on 1959-Guatemala, the path to becoming AmericaÕs Storyteller Sculptor. Then, in 1959, Michael Garman hitchhiked into Mexico with $35 in his pocket and his Nikon camera for what he thought would be a two-week sojourn. When his money ran out, he would charm his way into a restaurant, offering to sweep the floor or something for a bit to eat or a drink. More often than not, the owner would give him a meal and a place to sleep. ÒNo one I asked hired me, but everyone fed me.Ó He hitchhiked his way further south through Central and South America. Two years later, he had traveled all the way to Santiago, Chile where he talked his way for free into the School of Fine Arts. It was here that he discovered his talent for sculpting. ÒI would sculpt my characters, street people, vendors and such,Ó Michael Garman relates, Òand the school would fire them for free. Then I would go door to door and sell them for $5 or $10.Ó