After work today, I thought I'd drive around that part of the Independence Heights neighborhood where I had found Independence Art Studios and the residences of several sculptors. I wasn't expecting to find much I drove around all the streets south of Tidwell between Shepherd and Yale, going from North to South. I checked out Janisch Rd. and Martin St. again, just in case I had missed anything. The next street further south is Thornton Rd. I drove down it slowly and found myself staring at a field full of sculptures. The address was 404 Thornton. I will apologize in advance for not getting more photos. The sun was shining in such a way that it made it hard to see what I was shooting, and there was a fence. (That said, it is worth stopping by. The Glover's dogs will bark at you, but you can see a lot of interesting sculpture from the road.) Here are a couple of the pieces.
![Tim Glover](http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww172/RWBoyd_2009/TimGloveryard.jpg)
Tim Glover, two sculptures
These are two of a whole bunch of the sculptures in this big yard. I guess there are about 10 sculptures there, and they aren't small, either. In the distance, there was a large workshop, and I could see someone working in it. I checked out my trusty HCAD to find out who owned this property, and it came back with "Timothy and Mary Glover." A little Googling and I discovered that Tim Glover is a sculptor who used to teach at HSPVA. There is a Mary Glover who works for Cooperative for After-School Enrichment, which has done some after school arts education locally. I don't know if it is the same Mary Glover, but wouldn't be surprised.
![Tim Glover](http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww172/RWBoyd_2009/TimGloveraerialview.jpg)
Tim Glover's house via Google
This property seems to back up to the properties owned by Brian Owens and Magdalene Boltz-Topp, so we really have a knot of sculptors, all living in the same north-south band.
![Tim Glover](http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww172/RWBoyd_2009/TimGloverfence.jpg)
Tim Glover's fence
Even Glover's fence is a work of sculptural art!
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