Editing Paul Conrad (section)

==Sculptures==
[[File:Otis Chandler (Los Angeles Times).jpg|thumb|Conrad's bust of Otis Chandler in the lobby of the Los Angeles Times Building]]
Conrad first became interested in sculpture in the mid-1970s. After working on a drawing of a crucifix depicting the Christian doctrine of the [[Trinity]], he decided to use steel to create it. He spent time at the public library learning to make [[welded sculpture]] and three months later emerged with a {{convert|272|kg|lb|adj=on}} sculpture titled ''The Trinity'', which was installed at Marymount College.<ref name="mqr">Conrad, Paul (Summer 1980). [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mqrarchive/act2080.0019.003/00000068 A Preface to the Sculpture] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125120838/http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mqrarchive/act2080.0019.003/00000068 |date=2015-11-25 }}. ''Michigan Quarterly Review'', 19 (3): 339–340. Retrieved August 11, 2014.</ref> Although it was made from steel, Conrad gave ''The Trinity'' a [[verde patina]] to give it the appearance of copper. The sculpture was restored in 2012.<ref>[http://marymountevents.blogspot.com/p/founders-week-2012.html Founders Week 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812203334/http://marymountevents.blogspot.com/p/founders-week-2012.html |date=2014-08-12 }}. ''The Marymount Mariner News''. Retrieved July 17, 2014.</ref>

After working with large sculpture, Conrad began creating small bronze sculptures of famous Americans, beginning with Richard Nixon.<ref name="martelle">Martelle, Scott (April 8, 2006)  [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-08-la-et-paul-conrad-20060408-story.html Paul Conrad's work with bronze caricatures] . ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved August 16, 2014.</ref> Additional sculptures followed, including caricatures of Jerry Brown, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, John F. Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.<ref name="mqr"/> Six of these sculptures were featured in an exhibition at the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]] in 1979.<ref>Ianco-Starrels, Josine (March 18, 1979). Conrad Cartoons on View at LACMA. Los Angeles Times.</ref><ref name="liesl">Bradner, Liesl (September 1, 2010). [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/08/i-con-the-brilliant-work-paul-conrad-exhibit-.html 'I, Con: The Brilliant Work of Paul Conrad' on exhibit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819082546/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/08/i-con-the-brilliant-work-paul-conrad-exhibit-.html |date=2014-08-19 }}. ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved August 16, 2014.</ref><!--<ref>[http://www.editorandpublisher.com/PrintArticle/Cartoonist-Conrad-s-Sculptures-at-Calif-Museum Cartoonist Conrad's Sculptures at Calif. Museum]. (2006, April 14). ''Editor & Publisher''.</ref>-->  In the 1980s, Conrad often donated smaller bronze sculptures for fundraisers.<ref name="Jones">Jones, A. (2001, October 26). [http://natcath.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2001d/102601/102601j.htm Pen-and-ink prophet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014125809/http://natcath.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2001d/102601/102601j.htm |date=2014-10-14 }}. ''National Catholic Reporter'', 38 (1): 12–13.</ref> Later sculptures included Golda Meir, Abraham Lincoln, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush.  Writer Grady Miller of the ''Canyon News'', who met and visited with Conrad at his home in the late 1990s, recalled that Conrad "was specially proud of his bronze sculptures, which could be taken as an illustration of both his artistic range and his political beliefs".<ref>Miller, Grady (October 3, 2010). [http://www.canyon-news.com/artman2/publish/LifeStyleMillerTimes/Paul_Conrad_A_Bitter_Appreciation_printer.php Paul Conrad: A Bitter Appreciation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819082434/http://www.canyon-news.com/artman2/publish/LifeStyleMillerTimes/Paul_Conrad_A_Bitter_Appreciation_printer.php |date=2014-08-19 }}. ''Canyon News''. Retrieved August 16, 2014.</ref>

Conrad also created several other works of public art: ''Risen Christ'', an altar piece located at Saint John Fisher Catholic Church in [[Rancho Palos Verdes, California]]; ''Otis Chandler'', a bust of the publisher installed in the ''Los Angeles Times'' building; and ''[[Chain Reaction (sculpture)|Chain Reaction]]'', a peace monument in the shape of a mushroom cloud located in the Santa Monica Civic Center.<ref name="Longden"/><ref name="Jones"/>