I have always known that
at last I would take this road
but yesterday I did not know
that it would be today...
16th century Japanese Poem?

1979 Michael & Leda moved themselves and their paintings from Provincetown MA to rural land in Cornville Arizona. There they began the first mixed media structure which they later called Eliphante. They continued building and sculpting on the 3 acre environment.

In 1987 they formed a non~profit (501-3c) art organization - Eliphante LTD. By word of mouth thousands of people have visited the site.

In 1994 Eliphante was listed with the Smithsonian's SOS (Save Outdoor Sculpture)

In 1996, with David O'Keefe and Michael Glastonbury, Michael and Leda  began the largest sculptured structure "Pipedreams" which includes the  installation of all the paintings in:    "a painting Journey".