07.12.12 12:42 AM

Born and raised in Holdrege, Nebraska, George W. Lundeen, American sculptor, went to college at Hastings and then to the University of Illinois,

where he studied with Frank Gallo, a realist sculptor. He then spent a year on a Fulbright-Hays

Scholarship in Florence,Italy where the works of Old Masters inspired his ambition to sculpt for a living.

Today Lundeen lives and works in Loveland, Colorado, presiding over a family of sculptors,

including his wife, a younger brother, a sister-in-law and a cousin.

- "I am attracted to the human figure, and it will be enough to keep me busy for the rest of my life", explains George Lundeen, who has traveled the

world gathering life-clips of people which he skillfully transforms into bronze sculpture. Although

he refers to himself as a Western artist, Lundeen presents realistic images that transcend time, genre

and culture. There is a quiet beauty in a George Lundeen piece that draws a viewer in while his artfully created figures and expert design truly

capture human emotion. "Hands and faces are the hardest for me," he says; "done well they can

communicate so much".