Groundhog with Cheesecake, 2007, 12” x 6” x 6”, polymer clay and wood.

Connoting Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, the groundhog navigates between the subterranean and above-ground realms, maintaining status as both enlightened and deluded. Here the dichotomous figure has descended to the underworld to feast upon a stack of delicious cheesecakes; he revels in his base physical indulgences.