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Deborah Butterfield was born in San Diego, and attended the University of California, Davis, with the intention of studying veterinary medicine. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Davis campus was a lively center for innovative new art. Butterfield decided to become a sculptor instead of a veterinarian and received her MFA in 1973. Three years later she moved to Montana

After a decade of constructing her sculptures from scrap metal, Butterfield found a more durable way to suggest the natural environment of horses. She composed their bodies from wood twigs and branches, then sent them to a foundry in Walla Walla to be cast in bronze. The skilled technicians at the foundry captured the delicate surfaces of the wood in bronze and applied variegated chemical patinas to simulate the natural color of the weathered wood.

She uses line to create a sense of form and mass, and i choose this artists because i like the subject matter and i the fact that they are made of bronze.

the piece:
WORK DATE: 2010
CATEGORY: Sculptures
MATERIALS: Bronze
SIZE: h: 38 x w: 53 x d: 15 in / h: 96.5 x w: 134.6 x d: 38.1 cm
REGION: American
STYLE: Contemporary (ca. 1945-present)