John Fisher and Sandy Oppenheimer, an award winning collage artist, returned to the US two years ago with their daughter Allegra, after twenty years of living and working in Italy. John recently finished a 17-ton onsite sculpture in Fairfax, Virginia, and is currently in the midst of another onsite sculpture project in Mendocino, California. John recieved this email after finishing the Fairfax project. " Dear John, I am the art enthusiast from Fairfax who videotaped you while you were working on the Horse on Monument Drive.  I wanted to write you a note of encouragement.  Every day I drive past your Horse and admire and enjoy it. We have had several snows and the contrasting color of the pure white snow on the marble has been beautiful.  I have also admired the Horse when the evening light comes across his left shoulder.... (more).