Lurchers are special dogs and I have always found their beauty very compelling as I pass them in the street or on a walk, or visit a house full of lurchers, or whippets. These dogs can vary in size and they can be mixed with greyhound or whippet which make them on the smaller side. Or they can be bred with Irish Wolfhound or Saluki which would make them a lot bigger. Generally, the lurcher is skinny with long, athletic legs, large chest, small ears and a long muzzle.

The coat of a lurcher tends to be longer. Whilst they can move at such speed and so elegantly, they do not need a lot of exercise at all. In fact they are very happy sitting on the sofa for most of the day! They are very tactile and love to cuddle up to their owner and be loved and adored. Although the saddest thing is they do not like cats and we have in fact had to rescue a friend’s cat from their two lurchers. They had tried to kill the cat on numerous occasions. So, lurchers are not always as gentle as they seem!

In this bronze sculpture of the pair of lurchers seen together, there is a huge amount of unspoken words being said between the two of lurchers and this is what I wanted to convey when I sculpted these two dogs.

The lying lurcher is possibly about to role onto his back as the standing lurcher walks towards him to nuzzle his nose….the friendship is deep and valued as all lasting friendships should be! We can learn a great deal from the life of a dog.

This bronze animal dog sculpture is ideal for the garden or indeed in a larger open space inside. They can be cast in either bronze as a limited edition of 12 or as a bronze resin or iron resin (rust) as a limited edition of 48.