People On Sundays
Posted June 7, 2009 by John Clanton
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Merl Childs works on his art outside the OKlahoma City National Memorial in Oklahoma City on Sunday, June 7, 2009. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman
Merl Childs learned woodworking while serving 6 months in a federal prison. On Sunday, he set up a display of his work on a bench near the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum in Oklahoma City and started shaping crosses. Childs, who lives in Del City, has been making crosses for about a year and a half. He sits in the morning sun between a tour bus from Durant, Oklahoma and a fence filled with momentos. “I’m gonna be a famous artist someday.”
Merl Childs poses in OKlahoma City on Sunday, June 7, 2009. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman
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