3rd Annual Sculpture in Savannah - May 17, 2010

This is the third annual edition of this highly successful and popular show that will once again be held at the magnificant and historic Green-Meldrim House in Savannah, Georgia. Call Susie for more information.

Charles Fraser - Hilton Head Island, SC

At foundary, scheduled to be installed April, 2010. This life-size sculpture of Charles Fraser - founder of Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island, SC - will be based on a popular photograph published by the Saturday Evening Post in an expose of “People on the Way Up.” Mr. Fraser will be depicted dressed in a suit, tie and straw hat while carrying a walking stick and walking beside an alligator. The bronze will be located on the lawn of Compass Rose Park. Susie is collaborating with Darrell Davis of Arlington, TX on the project. Susie will sculpt Mr. Fraser and Darrell will sculpt the alligator.

Johnny Mercer - Savannah, GA

Installed November 18, 2009. This life-size bronze of Savannah's favorite son is a commission for the Friends of Johnny Mercer and will be placed in downtown Savannah, GA.

From the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s, many of the songs Mercer wrote and performed were among the most popular hits of the time. He wrote the lyrics to more than a thousand songs, including compositions for movies and Broadway shows. He received nineteen Academy Award nominations and four Academy Awards for Best Song. Mercer was also a co-founder of Capitol Records. The sculpture is modeled after a famous photograph of Mr. Mercer in New York city leaning on a fire hydrant, reading a newspaper.