Naming her first piece “Herald” (not Harold) may have been prophetic. In various mythologies the raven brings change or rebirth. Now Herald sits on a post in her backyard where he can taunt other real ...

Folk artist Isaac Smith typically woke up at his Oak Cliff home around 7 a.m. and drank a beer before picking up an ax and a knife to spend the rest of his day carving animals out of wood. Smith, 72, ...