People On Sundays
Merl Childs displays his artwork in dowtown Oklahoma City on Sunday, June 7, 2009. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman
Merl Childs learned woodworking while serving 6 months in a federal prison. On Sunday, he set up a display of his work on a bench near the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum in Oklahoma City and started shaping crosses. Childs, who lives in Del City, has been making crosses for about a year and a half. He sits in the morning sun between a tour bus from Durant, Oklahoma and a fence filled with momentos. “I’m gonna be a famous artist someday.”
Merl Childs poses in Oklahoma City on Sunday, June 7, 2009. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman
-John Clanton
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The portrait is beautiful!