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Persuasion painted by E:Mc2

"Desert Myst"

Model horse hobby legends Pamala Hutton and Carol Floyd (E:Mc2) chose my sculpture Persuasion to paint in collaboration after seeing her on my website. The result was "Desert Myst".

Desert Myst was auctioned on Ebay and sold for a record breaking price. She was E:Mc2's highest selling model horse at the time and maybe their highest selling horse to date, selling for more than twice what their work had sold for previously.

Pamala bought a second Persuasion saying she never painted the same model twice, but for Persuasion she made an exception.

Sculpting Grace

Current projects include a life size bronze edition of the tiny bronze foal "Grace". Here I am in 2000 working on Grace, who looks more like the blob at this stage!

I am carving off the excess material before adding the clay. Grace is one of my never ending projects - ten years so far I think, but I am happy to report that she now has a healthy covering of oil-based clay.

In addition to sculpting horses I also own several of the real thing.

VOR Red Wing  (Red Tape x Cal O Lyn)

VOR Lark  (VOR Shyzar x Cal O Lyn) My trail horse

VOR Grace  (VOR Shyzar x FLA Contessa J)

VOR Paisley  (VOR Shyzar x Califia)

VOR Monya (VOR Shyzar x Gai Parada dtr.)

My Golden Retrievers

Faithful Heart Daniel Boone

Poppyfield's Penny

Vanessa Libošovská Blata

In My Studio

These sculptures are currently in progress.

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• Resin

• "Gomez"

• Traditional Andalusian stallion

• "Lindberg"

• A three-day eventer

• "Rose"

• Traditional Arabian mare

• Arabian Dancing Horse

• Traditional Arabian stallion

• Bone China

• Monya is now available in bone china.

• OOAK Dolls

• My first one of a kind rider doll has been completed. Click here to see her

In 1990 I took a class in bronze casting. I was inspired by photographs of Edwin Bogucki's Arabian horse sculptures in Arabian Horse World magazine.

The class required a wax sculpture to cast, of course I didn't have one, and I didn't want to cast just anything, so I sculpted a horse.

I never did finish it in time for the class. That first sculpture was just the beginning and soon thereafter I was sculpting my neighbor's stallion the famous Arabian Fame VF.

Fame VF Bronze

Owners Pat and Bob Radmacher supplied me with many photographs and video to work with. The Fame VF bronze was accepted into the American Academy of Equine Art Annual Juried Exhibition.

Photography even became a passion for a couple years and my photographs were featured on the cover of five horse magazines including being featured in an Arabian Horse World ad. Then about 1991 sculpture became the main pursuit.

VOR Brianna (Shyzar x Brilliant Forever) photographed at Ventana Oaks Ranch on the cover of Horse Care Magazine.

Romantic Resin

The first resin edition "Romantic" was completed in 2002 and was quickly sold out.

Indian Silver is the new traditional scale resin that is currently in progress. Click here to see more of Indian Silver.

Keeping up with the herd... 

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