Tommy Turtle is one of a series of “turtle” sculptures that Ed Gulley works on. He loves this one and won’t sell it. (Lovie is one of the five or six working dogs who hang out in the farm). He makes his art out of discarded and old farm and metal tools and implements, it is original and inventive.

Like Maria (she did get an MFA in art studies), Ed functions outside of the established art culture. He makes what he likes and doesn’t really care what anyone else thinks about it. It is the purest kind of grassroots art.  Tommy Turtle lives in a special corner of the farm near the barn.