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     Artist and sculptor John Lopez first picked up the sculpting bug in college some fifteen years ago. Since the first sculpture John created, he has worked toward perfecting a realistic and life-like style to his work.  Lopez has gone on to create bronze sculptures for high profile projects including eight life-size presidential monuments for  The City of Presidents in Rapid City and two half-life size rodeo monuments for the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs. 

See John's video at :

http://www.youtube.com/user/lopezred1



     


 

 

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After losing his Aunt Effie in a tragic car accident, he went home to the family ranch and helped design the family cemetery in which his aunt would be buried.  The methods used in working on this family project inspired John to create sculptures in a new medium of fabricating images using scrap iron  and other found objects. He began to assemble wild life and ranch animals  in the area from  a  multitude of objects found the ranch. 

     John kept the life-like proportions and natural movements of the animals,  but loosened the textures, and in the process, stumbled upon a medium in complete harmony with this ranch-raised artist.  Immediate public acceptance of this new body of work has added a new genre to the portfolio of this innovative artist.
   

Visit John's website at www.lopez-ranch.com

or click here to email.

John is also represented by: Dakota Nature & Art, Hill City, SD







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