Almost two years ago, I was contacted to create another monument for the city of Arcadia, Ca.. The last time it was a monument to Elias “Lucky” Baldwin, and this time it would be his daughter, Anita Baldwin. Little did we know that the world was about to change just a short while after starting this process. So now, 22 months later, we are reaching the finish line. It’s been a real labor of love and determination to get this project done. I never stopped working my day job, so there were quite a few months where I was working 7 days a week, 80 hours a week, to get this accomplished. Exhausting to say the least. Today, I saw her fully assembled in bronze for the first time. She’s so close to being done that it’s getting exciting again. I was also at the installation site to go over final details for the base and installation as well as lighting and of course the unveiling ceremony. It’s been a busy morning. After the unveiling is complete, I’ll have more thoughts and I’ll do a proper write up about the whole process. But for now, if you’re interested, you can check out my Instagram page (@apsculpturestudio) where I have been documenting the entire process.