"So Good To See You" Life-size Miniature Bronze Sculpture by Sculptor Joy Beckner | Classical realism, from hounds to humans

Dunnegan photo: Joy Beckner

“So Good to See You – Long” may be commissioned.

“So Good to See You, MS” can be seen in the 2007-2010 Paws & Reflect: Art of Canines museum traveling exhibition.

“So Good to See You” was inspired by two beauties, Lizzie and Tess. My then ten-year-old Lizzie and I met young Tess in June 1999, at the Dachshund Club of America National Field Trial. Tess looked up from a tightly curled position, as if to greet a friend. It was magic! For the first time I memorized a pose -- the glorious curve following the left side of her ribcage to her slim waist and hips left an indelible impression on me.

Since 1996, when I was given Lizzie, I wanted to do a head study of her. The curved position provided the simplicity necessary to showcase her head. In addition, it fulfilled my desire to bring height to a sculpture of a naturally posed dachshund. My husband, Brian, inspired the title. He always told Lizzie, “It’s so good to see you,” about ten times when he returned from a trip. Many thanks to a dachshund aficionado in Boulder, CO, for commissioning “So Good to See You, MS”.

“So Good to See You” Standard Smooth (SS), is Sold Out. It was shown in the National Academy 175th Annual Exhibition, the National Sculpture Society 67th Annual Exhibition. It earned an award at the Allied Artists of America 88th Annual Exhibition, and the 1:6th Scale earned an award at the Miniature Society of Florida 28th Annual Show. Finally, “So Good” is my first life-sized work to be stolen -- and returned -- in 2001 in Grand Junction, CO, during the Art on the Corner Exhibition. In September 2003, “So Good to See You, SS” was invited to join the permanent collection of the Dunnegan Gallery of Art, in Bolivar, MO.

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