Deep in Louisiana, bricklayer Hill crafts famed sculpture garden
A small girl looks at herself in a water-filled pond, part of a famed sculpture garden. A bricklayer named Kenny Hill headed for southern Louisiana in the late 1980s. Maybe there would be work in the construction industry? Hill settled on a small plot of land on Bayou Petit Callou in Chauvin, La., located southwest of New Orleans. The land was provided by a kindly neighbor who took an interest in Hill. The bricklayer pitched a tent, and in time, built a small home. He also showed an artistic bent on adjoining property along the bayou. Over the years Hill created what is now known as one of the "25 Most Amazing Sculpture Gardens in the World." A cross-section of individual pieces shows Hill's empathy, and respect for religion. He is said to have created it as a story of salvation for Chauvin residents. Dennis Sipiorski, an art professor at Nicholls State University (a Thibodaux, La., institution which eventually saved the site) asked Hill to expand on the site...