Stanley Bleifeld - In 1961, Mr. Bleifeld was exposed to the many possibilities of sculpted subject matter during his first trip to Italy. Although his academic background was in painting, he began working in wax upon his return to the United States. He modeled small groups of figures in various narrative compositions which became a way of communicating ideas. His vision for his own work was to translate into sculptural terms the images of life that struck his imagination. His professional affiliations include the National Sculpture Society, National Academy of Design, and the North American Sculpture Society, among others.