Designing the dream: 2 artists make carousel menagerie alive
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — The sponsors had ideas. The carvers and painters brought them to life.
But the designs for each of the animals that will one day hold a place on Albany's downtown carousel came from just two people: Terryl Whitlatch and Kurt Christensen.
Whitlatch was the original lead designer, creating 17 of the menagerie members currently waiting for riders. As of Tuesday, four more wait to be finished.
Whitlatch moved away in 2006 and Christensen got the nod. Thirteen of the waiting animals and the "cat" chariot is his, with close to 20 other critters waiting in the wings.
The two designers haven't met, but both say they admire each other's work.