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art show last year, when Hunter made $2,000. Woman’s Club auction, for example, he showed
“He was in his element!” Alger beams. “People off his wares and raised a top amount, over
fell in love with him and his sculptures. His $200. He networked with other artists and
passion seems to be more in animated designs connected with the Porsche dealer. In France he
-- people and robot-type things. And then he’ll sought out paintings and brass ballerinas in the
turn out something so modern or abstract.” Louvre. The impressions are channeled into a
A customer, Debby Livingston, is also a fan. body of work ranging from plush animals and
“He is an extraordinary and delightful young yarn dolls to welded home accessories and yard
man,” she says. “His work is amazingly creative art.
and original, and he can execute what his mind As the Woman’s Club auction neared,
imagines. Hunter looked at the scope of work demanding
She bought three metal birds for trees in her his attention and said, “I’m a little behind.”
yard, two more for a landscaper friend and has Mentor David Alger is used to seeing that: “He
her eye on a Nall flamingo. puts his head down and begins a project and
Stepmom Gayle, who is an interior decorator doesn’t come up till he’s done.
and partner with husband Ronnie at custom When told Hunter is lucky to have him as a
homebuilder GNR Developers, says Hunter friend, Alger responds: “We see the blessings
makes the most of opportunities. At the come our way every day.”
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