CHRSTOPHER PARDELL Native American Bronze Sculpture, signature to base of statue reads ‘C.A. Pardell’, inscriptions read ‘Triumphan’, and ‘Mato - Toóp Four Bears’, base measures 6 3/8 x 6 3/8 x 1 1/4 inches, measures 5 x 4 x 13 inches. Bronze is painted in silver and gold toned as well as red and blue embellishments highlighting important attributes of dress. Christopher Pardell began sculpting at the tender age of four, and by his teenage years, Pardell had come to the realization that sculpting was to become his life's work. Influenced by the work of renowned sculptors Russell, Remington and Rodin, Pardell wanted to pursue his passion for realism. His formal education was laid aside in favor of an apprentice moldmaker position with a commercial statuary company, and it was there that he received what he considers to be his "real education in art." As an apprentice to the Italian master artisans who ran the statuary, Christopher rapidly learned the skills that would enable him to excel as an