Carol Schild Levy has always been attracted to art, particularly anything three-dimensional. As a child, weekly outings with her father in New York instilled a deep appreciation of statues in the city's great museums and in Central Park.

Her work is an emotional interpretation of subjects that come from her minds eye, depicting animals, figures from literature, music and ballet. Her pieces are created in bronze, bonded bronze, terra cotta and resin.

Carol has had no formal art training other then an introduction to sculpture at the Robert Cunningham Studios in Culver City. She first went there in the spring of 2002 and never dreamed she would progress to where she is today.

Barela later retired from surfing at 26, but could not end his vision, so he decided to give back to the ocean what it had given him. Chris met artist Terri Bennet and under Terri's tutelage, began learning sculpture and mold making. Barela's last and most important task was learning the delicate art of patina, the coloring of bronze. Chris felt this would make him different and distinctive from other artists in his field. He then studied with Michael Edge of Oregon, a master of the patina medium. With this new knowledge, Barela began creating new innovative designs of magical, lifelike bronze statues. Chris' extreme determination and perseverance, soon paid off again, and his work quickly distinguished itself from that of other artists.

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