Michael Naranjo

The son of the ceramic artist Rose Naranjo, he made first contact with pottery and art by the side of his mother.

His favorite topics are Native American warrior, a hoop dancer, a female nude, a child, a soldier, a bear or fish or bird.

The Italian government allowed Naranjo to mount a specially-built scaffold and to come into actual physical contact with Michelangelo's David in Florence[3] in 1986.

[8][9] His words inscribed on one of the 18 glass panels of the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial in Washington, D.C., were cited by President Obama at the dedication ceremony:[10] "When you're young, you're invincible.

[citation needed] He was honored in 1990 with the Distinguished Achievement Award from the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.