Dave Hodges graduated with a Bachelor of Science
degree from Montana State University, Bozeman,
Montana in 1979. He began sculpting as a career in
1982 and has been commissioned to create sculptures
for several large corporations as gifts to their
international clients.
Articles on his work have been published in Southwest
Art , Western Horseman, and Texas Longhorn Trails
magazines. Dave is also an oil painter of landscapes
of the western region and is a founding member of the
Montana Painter's Alliance, Painters of the Big Sky.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
His work has received awards at the following shows:
Willamette Western Art Show, Salem, OR; American
National Miniature Show, Laramie, WY; Western
Regional Art Show, Cheyenne, WY; National Miniature
Show, La Luz, NM. He created a bust of past director
of flight operations for the Northwest Airline Flight
Training Center in Minneapolis, and a bust of
international opera star, Marilyn Horne, for the
Bradford Branch of the University of Pittsburgh. His life
size statue of a running horse,"Free Spirit",
permanently enhances the City Park in Big
Timber,Montana, and one of the edition is currently
placed at the International Museum of the Horse in
Lexington, KY. A private commission life size statue of
a cow and calf can also be seen in Big Timber,
Montana. He was chosen by the Montana Arts Council
to make the White House Christmas tree ornament for
the State of Montana in 2002. The sculpture "Fancy
Footwork", owned by former President Ronald Reagan,
is permanently displayed at the Ronald Reagan
Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, CA,
and is featured in the library brochure.
EXHIBITIONS & SHOWS
His work is currently carried in galleries throughout the
United States, including the Kentucky Derby Museum
at Churchill Downs, Prellop Fine Art in Salado, TX,
Stockyards Station Gallery, Fort Worth, TX, Midland Art
Gallery, Midland, TX, as well as his own gallery,
Hodges Fine Art, in Big Timber, MT. His horse
sculptures have been exhibited through several
American Academy of Equine Artists shows, most
recently the Wild Horses exhibit at the Wildlife
Experience in Parker, CO in Jan. 2003 and Jan. 2004.
References can be sent upon request.
degree from Montana State University, Bozeman,
Montana in 1979. He began sculpting as a career in
1982 and has been commissioned to create sculptures
for several large corporations as gifts to their
international clients.
Articles on his work have been published in Southwest
Art , Western Horseman, and Texas Longhorn Trails
magazines. Dave is also an oil painter of landscapes
of the western region and is a founding member of the
Montana Painter's Alliance, Painters of the Big Sky.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
His work has received awards at the following shows:
Willamette Western Art Show, Salem, OR; American
National Miniature Show, Laramie, WY; Western
Regional Art Show, Cheyenne, WY; National Miniature
Show, La Luz, NM. He created a bust of past director
of flight operations for the Northwest Airline Flight
Training Center in Minneapolis, and a bust of
international opera star, Marilyn Horne, for the
Bradford Branch of the University of Pittsburgh. His life
size statue of a running horse,"Free Spirit",
permanently enhances the City Park in Big
Timber,Montana, and one of the edition is currently
placed at the International Museum of the Horse in
Lexington, KY. A private commission life size statue of
a cow and calf can also be seen in Big Timber,
Montana. He was chosen by the Montana Arts Council
to make the White House Christmas tree ornament for
the State of Montana in 2002. The sculpture "Fancy
Footwork", owned by former President Ronald Reagan,
is permanently displayed at the Ronald Reagan
Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, CA,
and is featured in the library brochure.
EXHIBITIONS & SHOWS
His work is currently carried in galleries throughout the
United States, including the Kentucky Derby Museum
at Churchill Downs, Prellop Fine Art in Salado, TX,
Stockyards Station Gallery, Fort Worth, TX, Midland Art
Gallery, Midland, TX, as well as his own gallery,
Hodges Fine Art, in Big Timber, MT. His horse
sculptures have been exhibited through several
American Academy of Equine Artists shows, most
recently the Wild Horses exhibit at the Wildlife
Experience in Parker, CO in Jan. 2003 and Jan. 2004.
References can be sent upon request.
