Internationally
acclaimed for her life like portraits in bronze, Patricia Crane has
achieved fame in the United States for her remarkable life size bronze
sculptures installed in front of The International Museum
at the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, Kentucky and in front of the
American Saddlebred Museum.
 Patricia
has worked in a wide variety of media, including charcoal, pastel,
acrylic, oil, lithography and ceramics. But it is through the medium
of bronze sculpture that Patricia's talent has been most spectacularly
realized. Her skill in vividly capturing the spirit and movement of
her subjects is the heart of her work, to which she gracefully adds a
very sensitive attention to detail
and precise anatomical accuracy.
This sculptor is justly celebrated for the compelling
realism of her work. Indeed, the honesty of her sculpture is no
accident. A rider since a small child, she has owned, shown and
professionally trained horses...known them intimately; studied them
closely; analyzed their anatomy carefully; admired them deeply.
Her appreciation is not limited to a particular breed or type, but rather embraces the full spectrum of equine endeavor.
Over
the years, Patricia has devised a personal system of measurement
which has proven invaluable in realizing her personal vision.
Integrity of form and structure to carry and express the heart and
spirit of horses deep within themselves is the very core of her visual
language.
 Recent trends in equine figurative art have
attempted to emphasize a sense of movement at the expense of
structural reality, an approach that ultimately proves disappointing.
The heart of the individual animal informs and creates expression
through a body conformed precisely for that purpose. Patricia's
sculpture could, if alive, move like their
real life counterparts and the viewer experiences through the
sculpture the energy and essence of that particular animal.
Patricia
has long enjoyed world wide appreciation for her much beloved
sculpture and other works, which may be found in museums, and in
both public and private collections throughout the world including 
the United States, South Africa, Haiti, Australia, Germany, France, Japan,
South Africa, England, Canada and New Zealand.
The art of Patricia Crane has been featured in national and international art and equine publications. She has received a Commendation from the Governor of Indiana and has been recognized by the award of Kentucky Colonel by the State of Kentucky.
Patricia also provides sought after awards for major equine competitions in North America and is devotedly
involved with HorseShowCentral.Com, the internet portal that provides FREE ads
and promotion to all facets of the equine industry globally, offering
assistance to shows, events, exhibitors, trainers, breeders, owners,
rescue organizations, and horse-related businesses.
Four Decades of Horse Art by Patricia Crane
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