This is an ideal class for anyone interested
in sculpting animals. You
will learn an armature system that allows you to sculpt an animal
in any imaginable position. You
will work from life. Veryl
will bring one of her horses that is accustomed to calipers and
being handles. The
studio will have a corral in the middle so that you can work
indoors if the weather is inclement or can continue to work in the
evenings. There will be an emphasis on anatomy, movement,
proportions, the profile and planes of the horse.
Beginners are welcome, there will be lots of individual
attention and demonstrations of each step in the process
The Artist: Veryl Goodnight has been sculpting since 1973.
Her work has been profiled in the books Leading
the West (Northland
Press 1997) and An
Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West
(University of Texas Press, 1988).
She has been featured in all major American West at the
Gene Autry Museum and the Cheyenne Governor’s Invitational.
Her public monuments include “Paint Mare and Filly” at
the Cowboy Hall of Fame and “The Day the Wall Came Down”, a
seven ton monument of larger than life horses jumping over the
fallen Berlin Wall. It
is the centerpiece of the George Bush Presidential Library. The ‘sister’ casting was unveiled in 1988 at the Allied
Museum in Berlin, Germany by former President Bush.
Veryl maintains membership in the National Sculpture
Society, Society, Society of Animal Artists and the American
Academy of Equine Art. She
is an avid horsewoman as well as sculptor.
