While Garland has spent over 30 years creating art based on his observations of Mother Nature's native wildlife, insects, pets and livestock, he is best known for and always returns to the human figure as his personal touchstone. The human figure and forms (Mother Nature's work at its best) are where he finds his real heart and soul and his most basic personal, emotive, artistic vision. He has successfully sculpted a diverse body of work ranging from life-size astronauts to life-size cowboys and soldiers; doctors, preachers, and firemen to pool players, nudes, and police officers; cats and mice to grandmothers and portraits; horses and dogs to grasshoppers and dung beetles; and literary figures from Rip Van Winkle to "Old Yeller." Mother Nature offers endless opportunities and possibilities!