BRENDA JEAN DANIHER
7520 County Road 804
La Junta, CO  81050
(719) 384-4356
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Work History:
  • 2008:Two Life-Size bronze children-Pueblo RiverWalk;
    bronze soldier for Vilas Veteran's Memorial
  • 2007: Two Life-size bronze children - Pueblo River Walk;
    Life-size bronze girl and puppy - Woodruff Memorial Library
  • 2005-07: Two Life-size students - Otero Junior College
  • 2005: Bronze Soldier on a Horse circa 1880 (half life-size)
  • 2004: Life-size bronze Gyrfalcon "Freedom" - Ordway Courthouse, Ordway, CO
  • 2003: Life-size bronze Wolf-Colorado State University - Pueblo, CO
  • 2003: Life-size bronze girl reading to her dog - Gunnison Library, Gunnison, CO
  • 2002: Life-size bronze Woman and Child - Pioneer Hospital
  • 2001: Completion of Pony Express statue; Completion of Hyles-Anderson statue
  • 2000: Life-size bronze Pronghorn Antelope - displayed in Pueblo, CO 2001
  • 2000: 1.25 Life-size bronze Pony Express rider for Julesburg, CO
  • 2000: Life-size bronze Lady and Man for Hyles-Anderson College
  • 1999: Life-size bronze Lady for Dillon Reservoir Park, Dillon, CO.
  • 1998: Life-size bronze of three Sheep being worked by a Border Collie dog - Meeker, CO Court House Square.
  • 1998: Life-size bronze of two Pronghorn Antelope for the City of La Junta, CO.
  • 1996-2007 Art in Public Places: Greeley, CO; Grand Junction, CO; Gunnison,CO; Colorado Springs,CO; Pueblo, CO; Sheridan, WY; Manitou Springs, CO; Lamar, CO; Eads, CO; Ordway, CO; Springfield, CO-some cities each year.
  • KOAA TV, Channel 5, "Positively Colorado", July 2001 featured artist with Pony Express statue
  • KTSC (Channel 8) public television station featured "Artist of the Month"
  • Channel 27 TV-Featured meet Brenda-Bronze Sculpting, Falconry, Spinning and Weaving Wool
  • One Artist Bronze Sculpture Shows: Arthur Mitchell Memorial Museum; Cowgirl Hall of Fame; Koshare Indian Museum; Taos, NM; La Jolla, CA; San Diego, CA; Denver, CO; Colorado Springs, CO; Trinidad, CO; Amarillo, TX; Fowler, CO.
  • Bronze sculpture featured in the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO.
  • Colorado Historical Museum in Denver, CO.
  • Manitou Springs "Sculpture in Manitou" Art Show;
  • Waldorf-Austoria, NYC, N.Y.
Publications:
  • Illustrated the published book "Connections" by Kathy Regier.
  • Illustrated the published book "Wool and Sheep" by Bette Blinde
  • Art published inside the following magazines: "Western Horseman","WildWest", "American Cowboy", "Colorado Curiousities","Tradewinds," and "Chinook", "North American Falconry Association Journal", "Breckenridge 2001", "Summit".
  • Magazine covers for: "Four Flags Roping Magazine" (four times), the "Arkansas Valley Journal"
Awards:
  • Pronghorn Antelope: Colorado State Fair-Meritorious Award
  • That'll Do (dog): 1st and Best of Show
  • My Dear! My Deer! (Boy with pet deer): 1st and Best of Colorado; 1st and Best of the Nation at the American Mothers Art Show, Lincoln, NE.
  • Ghost of the Prairie (bison running): Best of Show.
  • Prairie Thunder (two bison bulls): 1st of Colorado and 2nd of the Nation at the American Mothers Art Show, New York, NY.
  • Fury (two stallions fighting): 1st and Juror's Choice.
  • Stallions (three stallions): Best of Show.
  • Best Professional Artist, Fine Arts League.
  • Bronze trophies and etc. for National Western Stock Show Working Dog; Texas Longhorn Association; Colorado Wool Growers Association; Pheasants Forever; Prowers County Cattleman's Association; North American Falconers Association.
  • 1999 NAFA Meet Mug; 2007 NAFA Mug
Education:
  • A.A.S degree from Otero Junior College, La Junta, CO.
  • Currently teach bronze sculpture classes at the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO.
Personal:
  • Married to David, 1971, two grown children.
  • Ranch and farm with David in Higbee, CO.