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Sheepherder with Dog, Jean and Phillip Earl, Wax-on-muslin rubbing, 1970s, Etienne Maizcorena (carver) A BASQUE SHEEPHERDING LIFE   The sheep rise from the mountain meadow as he commands them. Lambs rush for milk, one lamb gone in the night to a coyote.   When he sleeps, his body is quiet, his heart roams, far from…

Country Couple, Jean and Phillip Earl, Wax-on-muslin rubbing, 1970s, Etienne Maizcorena (carver) SAYING GOODBYE (Country Couple) He holds her hand, looks into her eyes. Eyes that hold tears of sadness. He tells her tenderly of the love he feels for her, and what sadness he feels at this leaving.   She tries to understand this…

Female Bust/Nude, Jean and Phillip Earl, Wax-on-muslin rubbing, 1992, Borel (carver) Female Bust/Nude, Jean and Phillip Earl, Wax-on-muslin rubbing, 1992, Borel (carver)   He who is not Borel was not born yet in that geologic instant when two tectonic plates collided, and a towering mountain range rose up in Northern California   He who is…

Deer Profile Right, Jean and Phillip Earl, Wax-on-muslin rubbing, 1990s How He Survives inspired by Deer Profile Right, Jean and Phillip Earl, Wax-on-muslin rubbing He watches me from the back of his eye. At ease – if a wild buck so crowned with antlers can ever be at ease – he’s caught in profile for…