Walter S. Arnold, Sculptor/Stone Carver: Classically Trained in Italy. Custom hand-carved stone sculpture. Made in the USA and Italy.

The Foliate Head and Greenman are traditional forms that represent irrepressible life, with the forces of nature merging with humanity. The Greenman appears on countless gothic churches and castles. Similar images blending a semi-human face with plant and foliage forms occur in many cultures. Take a walk in a dark forest late at night and you might imagine creatures like these looking at you from among the trees. Gnomes and elves are also traditional archetypes, with historic precedence in many cultures.