'Dream Chasers - Best of Breed' - Dachshund Bronze Sculpture -1:6 scale
How fabulous is this?!  Three very proud little dachshunds, one in each coat, mounted together as in a show ring with each of the three dogs showing a different part of the perfect dachshund trot.

In 1999 this wonderful sculpture was awarded 2nd place in the Animal Art category of the16th Annual International Competition of the Artists' Magazine and in 2002 was awarded the prize for best sculpture in the 15th American Contemporary Dog Art Competition.

Edition availability:
1:6 Scale Wire:  (edition of 20 + 2 artist's proofs) 19insL x 3.5ins H x 2insD
Patination in bronze red or black and tan

Joy Beckner has had a love of art since childhood and is inspired by sensuous shapes of skin, bone and muscle in human and animal forms.  Trained at Washington University School of Fine Arts she first worked in fashion and then fund raising before returning to art about twenty years ago when a sculpture class re-awakened her love for modelling clay.  She models clay into classical forms, which are then cast into bronze.  She is thrilled to make something move in the round bringing smiles, giggles or tears to the eyes of those who see and touch her work.

Her bronze dachshunds range from life-sized to 1:6 scale miniatures and  have won numerous awards, including the National Sculpture Society (of America) Silver Medal.  Other major awards include the Ellin P Speyer Prize from the National Academy; four Best in Shows and two Awards of Excellence, the Leonard J Meiselman Award and the Elliot Siskin Award from the Society of Animal Artists. 

Her work is collected on six continents by museums and corporations including The Library of Hattiesburg, the Dunnegan Gallery of Art in Bolivar and the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog in her home town of St Louis in Missouri.