Cambridge Art Gallery is pleased to announce that Susan Leyland recently won the prestigious 'Museum Director's Award' at the Fall 2009 AAEA Juried Show for her new piece, 'Block Horse Herd'.
Block Horse Herd is created in Leyland's signature style using semi-refractory clay. The piece tells a story of an intimate grouping of horses with a young colt in the center of protective adults, and highlights Leyland's love for horses. Being awarded the Museum Directors Award from the American Academy of Equine Art is one of the highest honors for any professional sculpture, and truly deserved by this amazing artist.
The piece is available for purchase through Cambridge Art GalleryPlease contact Amanda Shore for information on how to purchase this award winning sculpture - aeshore@cambridgeartgallery.com
Leyland has had tremendous success during her short career as an artist. She began exhibiting only ten years ago and since has developed into a highly collected, internationally revered figure. Leyland is entirely self-taught and relies on her visual memory for anatomical accuracy; her remarkable gift has evolved throughout her career as she has perfected her techniques and shaped her identity as an artist. Leyland now exhibits her work world wide and is received with unanimous acclaim.
We believe it takes great strength for an artist to dedicate his/her life to art alone, and that is why Cambridge Art Gallery fully
supports artist, Susan Leyland. As a gallery, we make it a point to only exhibit and represent artists that are devoted to their gift and to perfecting it so as to achieve greatness and truth within their work. Susan Leyland exemplifies these characteristics completely.
A recent article written for the Animal Art History Fair describes Susan's work:
A HISTORY OF ANIMALS IN EUROPEAN ART
by: Tamsin Pickeral 2010
..."Prestige portraits, those of great animals such as racehorses have, if anything, gained in popularity since the 19th century. This in part is due to widespread reproduction of artworks today in print or even poster format, which, though contentious to some, has non-the-less made desirable art works available to the public. Horses remain amongst the most frequently referenced animals by artists (along with dogs), with the work of leading equestrian artist Susan Crawford and the sculptress Susan Leyland matching technical virtuosity with sheer breathtaking beauty."
To see the rest of the article click here:
www.animalartfair.com
