#734 "Hot to Trot", "Stepping Out", "Breezy"

"Hot To Trot"

9"H 9"W 3"D

Edition 100

1200

"Stepping Out"

9"H 10"w 5"D

Edition 100

1200

"Breezy

10"H 8"W 3"D

Edition 100

1200

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#713 "Hot Trotter"

"Hot Trotter"

14"H 18"W 7"D
Edition 25 
3,600

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#706 "Bred for the Plowland"

"Bred for the Plowland

24"H 24"W 9"D

Edition 25

7,800

I was born in Iowa and although my folks moved to Oklahoma when I was two, 

I grew up hearing about my Father's young days on the farm and my Mother's 

trials and travails of being a farm wife. . . especially during harvest.  As a little kid 

our family visited the old farm often and I learned that before the tractor changed 

farming practices, my Dad was considered the best hand with a team of 

horses in Dubuque County.

When I drive through eastern Iowa now I can envision my Father as a young man 

walking behind the plow and harrow of his team, Pete and Bud over the rolling 

black earth fields.  "Bred for the Plowland" is a tribute to the working farm 

horse and the men who drove them.

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#705 "Tradition"

"Tradition"

24"H 24"W 9"D
Edition 25
7,800

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#704 "Eternal Tang"

"Eternal Tang"

23"H 28"W 9"D 

Edition 35

7,800

The Tang Dynasty (618 – 907) was the most glorious historical period in China’s 

history.   It flourished culturally, reached unparalleled prosperity, and 

is regarded as the “golden age” in China’s civilization.

The horse was second in importance to the dragon in Chinese history and was the 

foundation of military power.  During the Tang Dynasty, elegant statues of horses 

with powerful arched necks and increased degree of naturalism 

were enjoyed by the upper classes.

In 1981, I visited China and witnessed the unearthing of over 7000 life-sized 

Terracotta sculptures of warriors and horses in the Tang capital of Xi’an. 

Discovered in 1974 and buried since the Han Dynasty over 2000 years ago, 

I was stunned by the spectacle as I peered down from the scaffolding 

high above the pits.  After that life-altering experience, I shifted gears 

from a career in original printmaking and returned to an early interest 

in sculpture. Chinese art and oriental sparseness of design continues to

 influence my work and I’m returning to Xi’an and China in Nov. of this year.

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#696 "Ancient Passage"

"Ancient Passage"
23"H 23"W 8"D
Edition 25
9,000

Our Morgan gelding was used as the model for Ancient Passage.  My goal was to idealize 

the animal and create a powerful image.  I am preoccupied with modeling horses and 

consciously stylize my designs.  My obsession with modeling horses continues to lay 

a thorough foundation for my art, just as playing scales does for a musician.  In my 

opinion, horses and the human figure are the most difficult creatures to transform into 

a visual expression - perhaps it's because they are both so beautiful.

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#679 Art shows: "Buffalo Bill Art Show" . . . 2014

Last weekend was the 34th Annual Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale held at the

 prestigious Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming.

http://www.buffalobillartshow.net

Below, are images of my work in this year's exhibition . . .  "Silver Wings",  

depicts a Trumpeter Swan;  followed by "Dixie".

Silver Wings

Dixie

Shown below, are images of the new sculptures in clay before being cast into bronze.

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See post #616

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#633 "Quest for the West" at the Eiteljorg Museum

I have been invited to exhibit in this year's 10th anniversary of
"Quest for the West" held at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana
on September 11 and 12.  The show and sale features 50 of
America's top painters and sculptors.

Typically, when invited to important juried museum shows,
I introduce new work and have created "Ancient Passage" 

for the show.  The #1 casting of the new bronze sculpture
will be exhibited as well as three additional works.

www.quest.eiteljorg.org

Shown below, is an ad in the current issue of "Art of the West" for "Quest for the West" featuring "Ancient Passage".

Shown below, are two views of "Ancient Passage"

The Eiteljorg Museum for American Indians and Western Art houses an extensive collection of Native American art as well as Western American paintings and sculpture collected by businessman and philanthropist, Harrison Eiteljorg.

The Gund Gallery in the museum has a collection of paintings and bronzes by Frederic Remington and Charles Russell.  

It also has paintings by:  Thomas Hill, Albert Bierstadt, and Olaf Seltzer.  There is a large collection of paintings by 

Joseph Sharp, Victor Higgens, Ernest Blumenshein, John Sloan, and Georgia O'Keefe.

https://www.eiteljorg.org

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#123 In the studio: Trail Creek, Larimer County, Colorado

Happy New Year!

Trail Creek Studio in the summer

We spent the holidays with my sister Nancy and nephew Cole in Tulsa, Oklahoma where I grew up.  

On our way back to the Lander headquarters we stopped at our Trail Creek Studio in northern Colorado.  Nestled in the foothills of the Rockies, the little cabin is built into a rock outcropping and the studio juts out into the trees above a trout stream.  Fully equipped and with great north light, it's a delight to work in. Also, it is conveniently located one hour from the Loveland, Colorado foundries where I sometimes cast and where we get our molding and art supplies. 

While there I modeled a little horse study and took it back to Lander to "tweak", complete, mold and cast.

The little horse study silhouetted in the Trail Creek studio window looking north.

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