Artists working to finish Harold Holden’s final monument

>> WELL, LAST DECEMBER ARTIST AND SCULPTOR, HAROLD HOLDEN PASSED AWAY AT AGE. 83, BUT HE LEFT HIS MARK ALL OVER OKLAHOMA AND THE NATION. AND THIS WEEK MARKED A FINAL CHAPTER FOR HIS STUDIO. >> GALEN CULVER WAS THERE FOR THE REMOVAL OF HIS LAST WORK. A HUGE MONUMENT OSU MASCOT PISTOL. PETE. >> HIS ART TOOLS, PICTURES AND MEMENTOS ARE STILL GATHERED CLOSE AROUND. I MEAN, HE'S ALL AROUND EVERYTHING HAROLD T HOLDEN STUDIO IS STILL PACKED WITH ITEMS BEARING HIS LITERAL FINGERPRINTS TO KEEP IT IN PERSPECTIVE, WHICH IS PARTLY WHY THIS DAY WAS UNIQUELY DIFFICULT FOR FRIENDS LIKE FELLOW SCULPTOR, JOHN RULE.

SEE HOW CHANGES PARENTS. HE AND ANOTHER FRIEND PAUL MOORE TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO FINISH HOLDEN'S FINAL WORK. THIS LARGER THAN LIFE SCULPTURE OF PISTOL. PETE, THERE WERE SOME OBVIOUS THINGS THAT I SAW THIS MORNING USING AGES TOOLS AND FOLLOWING HIS ORIGINAL IDEAS AS BEST THEY COULD. WE WANT TO LEAVE MARCH TOWARD H DID. AS WE CAN AGE WOULD STILL BE WORKING ON THIS AS MAKER WAS TAKING IT OUT THE DOOR. WAS A HARD DAY 2 FOR HOLDEN'S WIDOW AT WHO WATCHED HER HUSBAND, LABOR AT THIS WORK RIGHT UP TO THE END OF HIS LIFE. SEEING THE CLAY MODEL PUT TOGETHER MEANT SEEING LIFE REMAIN IN THE STUDIO SAYING GOODBYE TO HIS LAST MONUMENT IS ANOTHER TURNING POINT. >> I'M READY FOR IT TO TO BE GONE. BUT I'M YOU KNOW, EXTREMELY SAD THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ART ACTIVITY OUT HERE ANYMORE.

>> THE NEXT STEP FOR PISTOL, PETE, KENNY HOLLAND, HIS CREW OF MOLD MAKERS FROM NORMAN DISMANTLED THE ARTWORK FOR TRANSPORT, TAKING GREAT CARE TO MAINTAIN THE SPIRIT OF AGES, TAX CHEERING BEFORE ANOTHER STAGE IN THE SCULPTURES. FINAL TRANSFORMATION, 2 BRONZE MONUMENT AND THEY'VE BEEN THEM. >> VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT IT, BEING AGES PACE AND REMAINING A JUST >> FOR DECADES, HIS RANCH, HIS HOUSE AND STUDIO WERE HOME TO A CREATIVE MIND THAT PRODUCED LIFE IN CLAY AND OIL PAINT. EDNA MAY INSIST HIS SPIRIT AND ENERGY REMAIN.

GOING TO LEAVE THE STUDIO LIKE IT IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE WANT TO DO. AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO EVEN AS THE LAST WORK HE TOUCHED GOES WAY THE PROCESS OF MAKING ART, THEN SENDING IT OUT INTO THE WORLD CONTINUES JUST AS ITS CREATOR ALWAYS INTENDED. IT'S NICE AND OF COMFORTING WAY. >> NEAR KREMLIN GALEN, CULVER, NEWS 4. IS THIS A GREAT STATE OR WHAT? >> THE WONDERFUL LEGACY TO HOLDEN'S WIDOW SAYS SHE WANTS TO KEEP THE REMAINING PART .

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