Cammie Lundeen

Growing up in rural Idaho gave Cammie Lundeen the opportunity to do what she loved: ride and care for horses. These experiences, combined with artistic training that focused upon equine bone structure and muscling, make Lundeen's sculptures as anatomically accurate as possible.

Before working in clay, Lundeen painted horses and other animals in oils and pastels. But thinking in three dimensions led her to pick up a piece of clay, and she's never turned back. "I can sit down with a lump of clay and work something out as a model just about as fast as I can sketch it now," she is quoted in Equine Images. This art magazine credits Lundeen with 'giving bronze the breath of life'. "I try to make my sculpture as life-like as possible, I try to show expression. I think a lot of people can make a horse that has ears, eyes, and a nose, but they miss out on other subtle things that make it more alive." Lundeen prefers to work from memories, special times that have captured her imagination. "We all know art is a form of expression. My goal is to touch someone's emotions, to have them feel what I might feel in a particular bronze," Lundeen states.

So touching is Lundeen's equine sculpture that it has been the subject of feature articles in such publications as the Appaloosa Journal, the Paint Horse Journal, Equine Images, Southwest Art, and Art of the West.

Lundeen lives in Loveland, Colorado, where she has lots of camaraderie with other sculptors, including her husband, George Lundeen.

For additional information, please visit www.lundeensculpture.com.