Part biography, part art history, part art commentary and first in the new series: The Unheralded Artists of BC, this book tells the story of a prodigious sculptor whose artistic legacy is known to only a few collectors, fellow sculptors and curators. Illustrated throughout with rare colour photographs, the lively, wide ranging text is based on original interviews, letters and diaries. A resident of Vancouver from his early twenties on, Marshall was admired as a master carver but also worked extensively in bronze. At a time when conceptual and installation art dominated, he worked in the Modernist tradition he shared with his friend, Henry Moore, who was one of many influences. His work is at the Van Dusen Gardens. He was a founding member of the Sculptors' Society of British Columbia. He died in 2006. Introduction by Brooks Joyner former Director of the Vancouver Art Gallery in BC.

Monika Ullmann began writing and editing Douglas College EVENT magazine during the mid 'seventies, and after earning a BA in English from SFU in 1978, she worked as house editor for CommCept Publishing. Married to sculptor Peter Paul Ochs, she knew David Marshall, wrote for the Sculptors' Society of B.C. and curated The Age of Bronze exhibition at Images for a Canadian Heritage, a Vancouver Gallery. After several years in the high tech industry as a public relations professional, she became a freelance journalist, writing features on the arts, health and tourism for magazines and newspapers in Vancouver.

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