Harriet Glen - Harriet's early childhood was spent in Australia, where she developed her love and affinity for animals. From a very early age, she was drawing the animals she saw in the bush, and at the age of nine, started making clay models of horses which she sold in order to buy her first pony! After a few years in New Zealand, where she spent most of her non-school hours in the saddle, she went to art school in New South Wales, Australia, before teaching art and sculpture in Sydney.

Soon she became bitten by the racing bug, and rode track work for the legendary trainer Tommy Smith. In 1978 and 1979 she won the New South Wales Australian Lady Jockeys championship, the prize for which was a trip to England.

Now she lives in the beautiful Dorset countryside with her husband, David and son, Simon.

Harriet can look out of her studio directly at the horses which provide the inspiration for most of her studies: a cat nestles gently on her shoulders like a living fur collar, and a lurcher dreams at her feet while she works.

"I try to convey more then just the physical aspect of the animals. Sculpture, being three dimensional, should incorporate the spiritual nature of the horse: how it feels when it is jumping, playing, shying, racing, at rest, the sense of urgency, the fear, the exertion, the will to race, the endeavour. These are the qualities that endear the horse to the human"

Her bronze sculptures are internationally recognised in prestigious collections throughout Europe, Scandinavia, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, the Middle East and North America.