Pat Roberts

The years of experience as an accomplished horsewoman through training, breeding and showing championship horses has given Pat the opportunity to study the subject she loves best. It was a natural for her to gravitate toward creating numerous sculptures of the horse in motion.

Although she has had no formal training, Pat has attended workshops given by artists she admires and credits for keeping her true to her own style, which has been described as sometimes whimsical and humorous, as well as life-like with just a touch of impressionism.

Notable exhibits she has been a part of include the Cowgirl Up! Exhibit at the Desert Caballeros Museum, in Wickenburg, Arizona, Pepper Tree Art Show, Cast in bronze Show, Women First Show, Golden State Sculpture Annual Juried Show, WAOW International Exhibit, SLO Cattlemen’s Western Art Show, the Satsooni Gallery, the Ojai Museum of Art, the Bronze & Brush Exhibit at the Elverhoj Museum and recently at the Spirit of the Horse Juried Competition, Palos Verdes, California.

Three times Pat exhibited her bronzes at Norvenich Castle, Aachen, Germany where she represented her country as the only artist invited from the US. She exhibited at the opening of the European Museum of Art in Clarence, New York and is part of their permanent collection, has been represented by and exhibited at the Osborne Gallery in London, England, as well as the Gallery Kocken, in Kevlar, Germany.

She was recently awarded ’Best of Show’ at the 2007 Spirit of the Horse Juried Art competition in Rancho Palos Verdes, California with her sculptureCEquus in Flight”. Another horse sculpture, ’Equus: The Flight Animal” was judged ’Best of Show’ previously at the Lompoc, California Juried Art Show.

Pat has been featured in USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Equine Vision, Western Horseman, Z Magazine (Europe), Santa Barbara Seasons, Horses in Art, Women & Horses and numerous other publications, including the published book, Of Women and Horses: More Expressions of the Magical Bond.

Her sculpture is part of the permanent collection at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, the European Museum of Art, as well as in several United States and foreign corporate headquarters. Her collectors are scattered in 14 countries and her sculptures are in the personal collection of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent at Kensington Palace and actress, Cheryl Ladd.

All of Pat’s bronzes are limited, numbered editions and it is estimated that she has nearly 1,000 sculptures throughout the world. Living on a beautiful horse farm with her husband, author/animal behaviorist, Monty Roberts in the Santa Ynez Valley near Santa Barbara, California, she finds ample subject matter to keep her busy for years to come.

www.patrobertssculpture.com

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