"Grizz" Pack Horse

Jenny, young George, and I joined fellow artists from the Oh Be Joyful Gallery in Crested Butte on a horse packing trip high in the mountains of Colorado. It was a first for us, and an incredible trip. While I SWORE I wouldn't sculpt a horse (to avoid the cliche that every sculptor on a pack trip sculpts the pack horses), the horses (and one in particular named Grizz, demanded it.

In the end, I relented on my commitment of not sculpting those horses. It was my growing affection for them after they hauled all of us up along those winding mountain trails above 10,000 ft. So, I stepped into the corral to get a closer view of the horses and possibly to work on a piece.

That's how I met "Grizz." 

One pack horse in particular, named Grizz, decided that HE was going to be the model and none other. What a character! Grizz nosed and hip checked his way in front of the other horses, nudged my sculpting stand, nuzzled my head with his neck, and on and on for hours! It's hard not to reward that kind of determination. You can watch me trying to sculpt amid his shenanigans here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI1h-aff1AE

I enjoyed this study so much that I decided to cast it. Edition of 22, 5.5"L x 1.5"W x 3 7/8"H.

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