signed and numbered #521 of 550, well listed artist, 23" tall....Biography from Hodges Fine Art, Inc.BACKGROUNDDave Hodges graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana in 1979. He began sculpting as a career in 1982 and has been commissioned to create sculptures for several large corporations as gifts to their international clients. Articles on his work have been published in Southwest Art , Western Horseman, and Texas Longhorn Trails magazines. Dave is also an oil painter of landscapes of the western region and is a founding member of the Montana Painters Alliance, Painters of the Big Sky, and a member of the Montana Professional Artists Association.AWARDS & RECOGNITIONHis work has received awards at the following shows:Willamette Western Art Show, Salem, OR;American National Miniature Show, Laramie, WY;Western Regional Art Show, Cheyenne, WY;National Miniature Show, La Luz, NM.He created a bust of past director of flight operations for the Northwest Airline Flight Training Center in Minneapolis, and a bust of international opera star, Marilyn Horne, for the Bradford Branch of the University of Pittsburgh. His life-size statue of a running horse, Free Spirit, permanently enhances the City Park in Big Timber, Montana. A private commission life-size statue of a cow and calf can also be seen in Big Timber, Montana. He was chosen by the Montana Arts Council to make the White House Christmas tree ornament for the State of Montana in 2002. The sculpture Fancy Footwork, owned by former President Ronald Reagan, is permanently displayed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, CA, and is featured in the library brochure.EXHIBITIONS & SHOWSHis horse sculptures have been exhibited through several American Academy of Equine Artists shows, most recently the Wild Horses exhibit at the Wildlife Experience in Parker, CO in Jan. 2003 and Jan. 2004.

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