Photos - Clock-wise from top left
San Esteban del Rey, Acoma Pueblo, pine, 15" high x 14" wide x 18" deep
San Antonio de Valero—The Alamo, pine, 17 1/2" high x 10" wide x 14 1/2" deep
Although Cardinale spends hours researching the historical buildings he crafts, the sculptures are not meant to be replicas. Here, the artist’s La Capilla del Nacimiento del Niño Jesus, which is based on a church outside Santa Fe, is displayed with a collaborative work of a cemetery he did with his wife of 43 years, PJ. “I need to live to 100 because there are so many churches I want to build,” he says.
St. Peter’s Church, Upper Slaughter, Gloucestershire—England, sugar pine, 16" high x 9" wide x 20" deep
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