FROM MONUMENT 399 TO WHAT COMES NEXT
This is what happens
when a story becomes larger than life.
I was blessed to be part of the sculpting team behind Against All Odds: Grizzly 399, the heroic-scale bronze monument honoring the Queen of the Tetons and her four cubs.
The monument now stands at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming. A project of this scale begins with a story, but bringing it into the world requires far more. Research. Anatomy. Design. Scale. Clay. Bronze. Foundry work. Collaboration. Problem solving. And hundreds of decisions made along the way.
I have spent years inside that process.
Now I am bringing that experience to the next generation of monumental commissions.
Experience at scale
Monumental work is not simply a small sculpture made bigger.
I have been honored to work alongside nationally recognized monumental sculptor Jocelyn Russell since 2016, contributing to ambitious bronze projects across the country.
Her large-scale experience include Grizzly 399, Secretariat, life-size elephants and more.
Your Story, Built to Last
What deserves to be remembered?
A beloved animal. A local icon. A person whose story should outlive them. A species or landscape worth protecting. A moment that shaped a community.
A vision for a public space that deserves something extraordinary. I create custom sculptures for projects where the story matters just as much as the bronze.
Large-scale wildlife sculpture rooted in anatomy, movement, behavior, and respect for the animal itself.
From Idea to Bronze
You do not need to know how to build a monument.
That’s my job.
01. The Story
We begin with the reason the sculpture needs to exist.
The subject. The place. The audience. The feeling you want people to walk away with.
02. The Concept
Reference material, research, composition, scale, site considerations, and artistic direction begin taking shape.The story.
03. The Maquette
A smaller sculptural study establishes the form, movement, proportions, and overall vision before the work moves to monumental scale.
04. The Monument
The sculpture is enlarged and refined, with anatomy, gesture, expression, and surface detail developed at full scale.
05. Bronze
The work moves through the foundry process, with Kristen remaining closely involved as sculpture becomes bronze.
06. Installation
The finished work arrives where it was always meant to live.
And the story becomes permanent.
Why Me
An artist who knows both sides of the bronze.
My experience goes beyond sculpting clay. My background includes metal chasing, tooling, patinas, bronze finishing, wildlife anatomy, and years of hands-on experience with large-scale sculpture. That matters.
Because monumental projects require an artist who can see the finished piece while understanding the thousands of practical decisions required to get there. I approach each commission as both an artist and a collaborator, bringing together the people and expertise a project needs as it grows.
Not every project should be small.
Some stories are meant to become landmarks.
If you are considering a bronze sculpture, public artwork, memorial, wildlife monument, or large-scale commission, start with the idea. You do not need finished plans. You do not need to know exactly how large it should be. You do not need to understand the bronze process. You just need to know there is a story worth telling. Tell me about it.