"So Good to See You"
"So Good to See You” MS Life-sized Miniature Smooth. PAWS & REFLECT: Art of Canines. Dunnegan Gallery Bolivar, MO.
Art mimics life, or, does life mimic art? "So Good to See You" MS with Smokey of Atlanta, GA. Thank you Karen Sicner for this photo!
Best Sculpture, Red River Valley Museum, Third Annual National Juried Exhibition, Vernon, TX.
PAWS & REFLECT: Art of Canines, Museum Traveling Exhibition, 2007-2010.
“So Good to See You” MS
13 1/2″L x 11 5/8″H x 10 1/8″D Bronze Ed. 20 & 2 Artist’s Proofs ©2003. Approx. 17 Pounds
The original “So Good to See You” SS, Standard Smooth, was inspired by two beauties, Lizzie and Tess. My then ten-year-old Lizzie and I met young Tess in June 1999, at the Dachshund Club of America National Field Trial. Tess looked up from a tightly curled position as if to greet a friend. It was magic! For the first time, I memorized a pose — the glorious curve following the left side of her ribcage to her slim waist and hips left an indelible impression on me.
Since 1996, when Rita Toombs gave me Lizzie, I wanted to do a head study of her. The curved position provided the simplicity necessary to showcase her head. In addition, it fulfilled my desire to bring height to a sculpture of a naturally posed dachshund. My husband, Brian, inspired the title. He always told Lizzie, “It’s so good to see you,” about ten times when he returned from a trip.
Many thanks to a Boulder, CO, dachshund aficionado for commissioning “So Good to See You” MS, Miniature Smooth.
Each is signed, numbered, and made by hand, one at a time in Colorado, USA. Each includes my mark, 
. Enjoy!
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