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| Exhibition Schedule | Animals of Montana | Felidae Conservation Fund |
Wild About Wildebeests!
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New SculptureTwo new pieces will make their debut at the annual UNVEILING SHOW at Bronze Coast Gallery in early May of 2008. Every year, most of the galleries in Cannon Beach, OR, participate in this event in which a previously unseen work of art is unveiled at a different gallery every half hour! It’s a very exciting time and we’re looking forward to another visit to the beautiful Oregon coast. I’ll be the featured sculptor at Bronze Coast this year, so I can’t reveal what the new pieces are until after the event, but I can say I’m really excited about both of them and will post photos as soon as I’m allowed, in mid-May.
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The North American Animal Masks series is now under way in earnest (the
Bison Maquette having been completed in 2004 before I had to take a break
to do some large commissions). Now completed in bronze are Eagle, Grizzly, Bighorn, Moose and Bobcat Mask Maquettes and the large version of Grizzly Mask. I have a long list of animals I want to include in this series and am really having fun doing them! |
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I've also introduced four miniatures of existing pieces: "On The Alert Mini" (5"x 3.5"x 3" in an edition of 50), "Running Cheetah Mini" (3"x 9.5"x 2" in an unlimited edition), "Vantage Point Mini" (4.5" x 4.5" x 4" in an edition of 50) and "Mountain Fishing Maquette" (4.5"x 8"x 5" in an edition of 50). |
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I spent a fun and exciting three days in July at Animals of Montana outside Bozeman, MT, photographing cats: a magnificent male Lion, Tiger, Cougar, Asiatic Lynx, Bobcat and Snow Leopard, and some Bobcat kittens. Since the black Leopard didn't feel like working that weekend, we were also treated to a Grizzly and Wolf and some baby raccoons. These animals are beautiful, healthy and as well-behaved as wild animals can be, thanks to the expert and loving training of their handler and owner of the animal photographing business, Troy Hyde. I was impressed. I came away with some great reference material and several ideas for new sculptures! Here are a few shots from this very un-professional photographer:
I'm very excited to be embarking on an ongoing relationship with Felidae Conservation Fund, which raises money to support wild cat research around the world. I have and will continue to provide sculpture for Felidae's fundraisers, both for silent auctions, a gallery situation and commissioned pieces, whereby we both benefit from sales of my feline sculptures and my work can serve as reminders of these creatures' beauty and nobility for the wildlife supporters who purchase them. Felidae's executive director, Zara McDonald, is based in Belvedere, California, but travels worldwide to find research and education projects dealing with the world's 37 species of wild cats, to benefit from the funds she raises. I'm proud to be associated with Felidae and look forward to an exciting and productive, mutually beneficial relationship well into the future.
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"Peaks & Plains" is the in-flight magazine for Great Lakes Airlines and there's a nice three-page feature on my work in the "Arts" (Spring) issue. The title of the article is "Capturing Beauty & Power in Bronze". "Wildscape", published in the UK and subtitled "The Journal of Wildlife Art & Conservation", features artist-written articles on all aspects of wildlife art and the business of art. The June issue includes one they invited me to submit, titled "Rosetta's Interpretive Realism". June’s edition of “American Art Collector” included an article titled “Animal Magnetism, Sculptors connect man to fellow creatures” by John O’Hern, Executive Director and Curator of the Arnot Art Museum in Elmira, NY. Seven sculptors were selected for inclusion and a full-page image of my “The Leap Maquette” (version II) fills the second page of the article. |
The Virginia Museum of Animal Art: Due to the very sad passing of Eugene T. Worrell, his amazing collection of wildlife art has now become "The Virginia Museum of Animal Art" in Charlottesville, VA, under the capable direction of his wife, Ann Worrell. Eugene was a wonderful human being and was absolutely passionate about animal art, which is evident in the incredible collection he and Ann put together over the years. We will miss his glowing personality and are forever grateful for his support and encouragement. The collection includes five of my bronzes: "Descending Panther", "Stone Lion", "At The Waterhole", life-size "Alpha Pair" and "Falcon". The Museum is not yet open to the public.
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum: After a wonderful weekend of festivities at the "2006 Birds in Art" show at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, WI, where we experienced a beautiful show, a beautiful museum and beautiful people, I was honored to find out that the Museum was buying the piece I had in the show, my new Falcon sculpture.
Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture Garden: The last life-size "Mountain Fishing" in the edition has arrived at its new home at Brookgreen Gardens in Pawley's Island, SC. It was honored on May 19 when new works by National Sculpture Society members, added during the past year to the Brookgreen collection, were celebrated during the NSS Annual Sculpture Weekend festivities there.
Ella Sharp Museum of Art and History: Wildlife Art collector Andy Andrews has donated his extensive and celebrated collection of wildlife art to the new Andrews Gallery of Wildlife Art, a new addition to the Ella Sharp Museum in Jackson, MI, built especially to house the renowned collection which includes two of my sculptures: Lynx Legacy and Mountain Fishing. In fact, they used a photo of Mountain Fishing for the banner on the side of the building announcing the grand opening of the new gallery!
The French crystal company, Baccarat, will be producing some of my existing small pieces in crystal. So far they’re doing Misty, The Leap and Panther.
| Jan. 13 - March 4 | 2006 National Sculpture Society Annual at Brookgreen Gardens, SC |
| Jan. 27 - April 1 | “Colorado
Gold: a Cache of Animal Artists” at The Wildlife
Experience,
Parker, CO. Reception February 9, 5 - 7 PM (We’ll be there!) |
| Feb. 5 - March 30 | "Arts in Harmony 07",
Elk River Area Arts Alliance, Elk River, MN |
| Feb. 19 - June 1 | 2007 National Sculpture Society Annual at NSS headquarters, NYC |
| April 12 | "Faces in the Wild" Auction, World Wildlife Fund/Humanscale, London |
| April 12 | "Felidae" fundraiser for wild cat research, Belvedere, CA |
| April 21 - May 27 | Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland, CO (We’ll attend) |
| June 2 - July 1 | "Westmoreland Arts & Heritage", Westmoreland County Community College, Latrobe, PA |
| June 16 - July 29 | "Art of the Animal Kingdom XII", Bennington Center for the Arts, VT |
| June 16 - Sept. 8 | "Masters in Miniature", C.M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT |
| June 21 - Sept. 30 | 2007 National Sculpture Society
Annual at Tampa Museum of Art, FL |
| June 29 | "Felidae" fundraiser for wild cat research, Belvedere, CA |
| July 16 - Nov.18 | "Fellows Invitational", National Sculpture Society, New York, NY |
| August 16 - 19 | Western Rendezvous of Art, Helena, MT (We’ll be there!) |
| Sept. 15 - 23 | "22nd Annual Conservatory Art Classic", Bosque Conservatory Art Council, Clifton, TX |
| Oct.19 - Feb.17 | "Art and the Animal", Society of Animal Artists, The Wildlife Experience, Parker, CO |
| Oct. 20 - Dec. 2 | "Miniatures/2007" Albuquerque Museum, NM |
| Nov. 2 – 4 | “Celebrate Sculpture 2007”, Nine10Arts, Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO |
| Nov. 17 - Jan 1 | "Small Works - Big Impressions", Society of Animal Artists at The Wildlife Experience, Parker, CO |
| Nov. 15 - Dec. 30 | "Creatures", Sisko Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| Dec. 7 - Jan. 7 | "American Women Artists", LeKAE Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ |
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