ROCHEPORT — Wayne Leal’s studio is marked by what he calls the same “crafted randomness” that characterizes his work. Bags of bark, piles of cracked clay and buckets of rusty nails litter the floor. Children’s artwork dapples the wall, displayed prominently next to Leal’s own conglomerations of doll parts and other oddities. It is hot and muggy, and the sound of buzzing insects permeates the air.
Metropolitan artist’s work finds a Midwestern home
Saturday, August 25, 2007 | 2:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 2:03 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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