HOBBY, AND FOR A SELECT FEW—IT'S A WAY OF LIFE. LIFELONG SOUTH BEND RESIDENT VICTOR RILEY..HAS LEAD A LIFE–THAT REVOLVES AROUND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION. NEWSCENTER 16 PHOTOJOURNALIST ERIC WALTON AND REPORTER MARK PETERSON HAVE MORE ON HOW RILEY'S LIFE HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY HIS ART… NAT SOT TAPE TWO 51 21 00 WORKING WITH CHAIN SAW ON BEAR SCULPTURE 0-0-0- USING THE TOOLS OF A LUMBERJACK AND THE TOUCH OF A MICHAELANGELO, VINCENT RILEY HAS–CARVED OUT–QUITE A REPUTATION FOR HIMSELF. 0-0-0- TAPE ONE I'VE GOT PROBABLY ABOUT 100-AT LEAST, SCULPTURES THROUGHOUT AMERICA, 22 52 00 ALL THE WAY FROM CAL TO NEW YORK MINNESOTA FLORIDA AND THEN THE BAHAMAS 0-0-0- 41 57 00NAT POP TAPE TWO IN THIS PARTICULAR SCULPTURE I USE THE VEINS TO KIND OF RUN IN AN UPWARD MOTION. 42 04 00 0-0-0- BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A JET SETTING ART AFFICIANADO TO HAVE SEEN HIS WORK…. PERHAPS YOU'VE VISITED THE POTAWATOMI ZOO AND SEE THE 50- FOOT TOTEM POLE HE CARVED AT THE ENTRANCE. OR PERHAPS YOU'VE SEEN THE COUNTLESS WORKS OF ART RILEY HAS CRAFTED OVER THE PAST 30-YEARS, ATOP THE SHOULDERS OF HIS CLIENTS 0-0-0- THE (LONG LONG PAUSE) L IMITLESS CREATIVITY YOU CAN DO WITH HAIR, ITS A FABULOUS MATERIAL.
0-0-0- RILEY STILL WORKS IN THE HAIR STYLING STUDIO HIS DAD OPEED IN 1959, IT'S VINCENT WHO NOW RUNS THE SHOW… AND PUTS ON A SHOW… WITH HIS ART ON DISPLAY EVERYWHERE. 0-0-0- 37 47 0TAPE TWO NAT SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MARBLE, IN THE WORLD, EVERYONE THINKS ITS IN ITALY, WELL I THINK ITS IN GEORGIA. 0-0-0- RILEY HAS SPENT A LIFETIME, EXPRESSING HIS ARTISTIC SIDE.
DURING HIS STINT IN THE MILITARY HE WAS HANDED A BOX OF BLACK MARKERS, AND A PLAIN GREEN TRUCK… 0-0-0- HE SAYS WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS I WANT YOU TO CAMOFLAUGE ALL OF OUR TRUCK AND HE PATTERN MAKER, 3 10 00 0-0-0- STILL PHOTO AT 42 37 00 DOGS AT THE BEACH RILEY CAN'T EVEN TURN IT OFF, DURING A DAY AT THE BEACH WITH HIS DOGS. 0-0-0- I WAS LAYING ON THE BEACH UP AT LAKE MICHIGAN MOUNT BALDY AND I SAW THIS CLAY LAYING AROUND THERE AND I THOUGHT HMM, WENT AND GOT A BUTTER KNIFE AND I STARTED WHITTLING.
0-0-0- 42 53 0 A MONTH AFTER THIS SCULPTURE WAS MADE, WELL WE LOST DART WHICH WAS THE DOBERMAN 42 58 00 0-0-0 47 59 00 SANDER SOUND 0-0-0- VINCENT RILEY IS ONE LEOPARD WHO ISN'T ABOUT TO CHANGE HIS SPOTS… WHETHER CAREFULLY CRAFTING AN ANIMAL SCULPTURE COMING UP WITH ANOTHER HAIR DESIGN.. OFF THE TOP OF SOMEONE ELSE'S HEAD. 0-0-0 159 00 I'VE ALWAYS LOVED TO CREATE, FROM WHEN I WAS FOUR r15 36 00 0-0-0- 35 41 00 TAPE TWO 02 35 44 00 THE BELIFE,E O WINKS MARK, NC 16.