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Various small studies done in modeling wax.
To begin exploring the potential of this “Hard Turn” (2010), highlights the dynamic
Sloughi sculpture, I modeled several action of a Saluki coursing a hare at the
preliminary studies and made sketches. pivotal moment in the chase when either
Several earlier bronzes, all featuring the contestant could still prevail. “Joie de
Saluki, had already articulated a variety of Vivre” (2012), as the title indicates,
expressions. Each sculpture evoked a expresses joyfulness. The paucity of live
distinct emotive quality and I didn’t want to Sloughi models in my area meant that the
repeat myself in a similar sculpture. voice this piece would have to be drawn
“Desert Winds”, created in 2009, displays through the substance of other, more
the pensive restrained tension of a hound immediate models, and filtered through
waiting for the hunt to begin. prior experiences, a difficult but not
impossible task.
