English, b. 1962

Louise is fortunate to be living her dream in the rural mountains of Colorado. Her time is spent hiking with her Great Danes, sculpting in her studio and operating the business of her art which often involves traveling to interesting places.

Louise was born in 1962 in Darlington, England. She trained in classical ballet at The Urdang Academy and The North London School of Performing Arts and performed with Dance for Everyone (London) and The Israel Ballet (Tel Aviv). Her dance experience helped shape her love of figurative sculpture. After moving to the United States in 1984, she worked as a massage therapist, which further developed her knowledge of anatomy and feel for the human form. She began to study clay modeling at Santa Monica College. Louise learned to sculpt with the human figure but after moving to the rural mountains of Colorado in 1998 the only model in her small studio was her Great Dane. What results are fine classical renderings of dogs that are often both humorous and elegant. Louise is also a great animal lover, and future plans include a retirement home for senior Great Danes. Louise works from her ranch studio near Guffey, Colorado, inspired by vistas of the surrounding high country. She lives with her husband Chris, Great Danes Rigel and Bella, and cats Cinder and Kaz. 

Louise is an elected member of the National Sculpture Society, the Society of Animal Artists, the National Sculptors' Guild, Allied Artists of America, Miniature Painters, Gravers and Sculptors, Hudson Valley Art Association and the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club.

Artist Statement:
"As a long time Great Dane owner, I see in these dogs a combination of playful goofiness and regal elegance. As a sculptor I see also a magnificent combination of long bones, muscled limbs, folds of skin, and dynamic movement.

I donate a portion of my sales to rescue groups helping Great Danes less fortunate than my own.

It is my desire to show the uncropped ear of the Great Dane as beautiful and elegant. Both artistically and ethically I think the ears should remain the soft velvet triangles they were meant to be." – Louise Peterson

Public Installations
Benson Sculpture Garden, Loveland, CO, High Four (life size) 
Canine Corner, Greenville, SC, High Four (life size)
City of Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, High Four (life size) 
City of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, Bella and the Bug (life size)
City of Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, High Five (life size)
City of Gillette, Gillette, WY, Chickadee (life size)
City of Northglenn, Northglenn, CO, High Four (life size)
City of Sheridan, Sheridan, WY, Bella and the Bug (life size)
Kiwanis Dog Park, Mankato, MN, Tickled (life size)
Sculpture Garden , Salina, KS, Watch Dog (life size)
The Reserve at Lake Keowee, Sunset, SC, Chickadee (life size) 
 
Museum Collections
Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC, Bella and the Bug (life size)
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI, Chickadee 
The AKC Museum of the Dog, St Louis, MO, Chickadee 
The Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar, MO, Grande Dame (life size) 
The Wildlife Experience, Parker, CO, Mountain Chickadee 

Selected Past Exhibitions
2017, A Blessing of Animals, The National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
2017, 56th Annual Exhibition, Society of Animal Artists, Houston, TX
2016, 83rd Annual Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, Myrtle Beach, SC
2016, 25th Anniversary Juried Art Show, Breckenridge Fine Arts, Breckenridge, TX
2015, 55th Annual Exhibition, Society of Animal Artists
2013, SculptureWalk 2012, Sioux Falls, SD
2013, Sculpture Tour Salinas, Salinas, KS
2013, 2012 Avenues of Art, Mayor's Arts Council, Gillette, WY
2013, Avera McKennan SculptureWalk 2012-13, Sioux Falls, SD
2013, Sculpture Tour Eau Claire, City of Eau Claire, WI
2013, Art on the Street, CO
2012, Birds In Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
2012, 79th Annual Awards Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, Pawleys Island, SC
2012, 116th Annual Open Exhibition, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY
2012, Bosque Art Classic, Bosque Art Center, Clifton, TX
2012, 51st Annual Exhibition, The Society of Animal Artists, Milwaukee, WI
2012, 51st Annual Exhibition, The Society of Animal Artists, Bolivar, MO
2012, Best of the Best, Breckenridge Fine Arts Center, Breckenridge , TX
2012, 51st Annual Exhibition, The Society of Animal Artists, Parker, CO
2011, 51st Annual Exhibition, The Society of Animal Artists, Traverse City, MI
2011, Big Art 2, Emerson Umbrella, Concord, MA
2011, 78th Annual National Sculpture Society Exhibition, Brookgreen Gardens, Pawleys Island, SC
2011, 50th Annual Society of Animal Artists Tour
2011, Art Kudos, Online Exhibition
2011, Sculpture In the Park, Loveland, CO
2011, Recent Works, National Sculpture Society, Online
2011, Art on the Street, The Public Art Committee, Lafayette, CO
2011, Sculpture Walk, Sioux Falls, SD
2010, 49th Annual Art and the Animal, The Society of Animal Artists, Cincinnatti, OH
2010, 77th Annual Awards Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, Pawleys Island, SC
2010, 114th Annual Open Exhibition, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY
2010, National Specialty, Great Dane Club of America, Pine Bluff, AK
2010, Let Sleeping Dogs Lie, Solo Exhibition, Breckenridge, CO
2010, Sculpture In the Park, LHPAC, Loveland, CO
2010, 79th Annual Exhibition, Hudson Valley Art Association, New York, NY
2010, 49th Annual Art and the Animal, The Society of Animal Artists, Tucson, AZ
2010, Performance in Sculpture, National Sculpture Society, Tampa, FL
2010, Art Encounters, Douglas County Cultural Council, Lone Tree, CO
2010, Solo Exhibition, Breckenridge, CO
2010, Paws & Reflect: Art of Canines, Tucson, AZ
2010, 49th Annual Art and the Animal, The Society of Animal Artists, Parker, CO
2010, Small Works, Seattle, WA
2010, Small Works-Big Impressions, Society of Animal Artists, Parker, CO
2010, Paws & Rflect: Art of Canines, Salina, KS
2009, SculpTour, Spartanburg, SC
2009, 49th Annual Exhibition, Society of Animal Artists, Salina, KS
2009, 113th Annual, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY
2009, 76th Annual Awards Exhibition, Pawleys Island, SC
2009, Solo Exhibition, Seattle, WA
2009, Paws & Reflect: Art of Canines, Marshfield, WI
2009, Five Masters, Pawleys Island, SC
2009, 76th Annual Awards Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
2009, SulptureWalk, Sioux Falls, SD
2009, Critters Fat and Flat, Estes Park, CO
2009, A National Diaglog, Seattle, WA
2009, Sculpture Walk Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, SD
2009, 22nd International Animals in Art, School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA
2009, Art Show at the Dog Show, Purina, Wichita, Kansas
2009, CLWAC Members' Exhibition, New York, NY
2009, Paws & Reflect: Art of Canines, Spartanburg, SC
2009, Small Work-Big Impressions, Society of Animal Artists, Parker, CO
2008, 96th Annual Exhibition, Allied Arts of America, New York, NY
2008, Creatures, Seattle, WA
2008, Members Invitational Exhibition, New York, NY
2008, Paws & Reflect: Art of Canines, Shreveport, LA
2008, 48th Annual Exhibition, Society of Animal Artists, Green Bay, WI
2008, 112th Annual Exhibition, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY
2008, Paws & Reflect: Art of Canines, Neenah, WI
2008, 75th Annual Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, Murrells Inlet, SC
2008, Sculpture in the Park, LHPAC, Loveland, CO
2008, Art of the Animal XIII, Bennington, VT
2008, Avenues of Art, The Mayor's Arts Council, Gillette, WY
2008, Red River Valley International Art Exhibition, Vernon TX
2008, Evergreen Sculpture Walk, Art For the Mountain Community, Evergreen, CO
2008, 75th Annual Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
2008, Paws & Reflect: Art of Canines, Canton, OH
2008, 62nd Annual Sculpture Exhibition, New York, NY
2008, 21st International Animals in Art, School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA
2008, Members Exhibition, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY
2008, Art Quest, Black Pearl Yacht Sales, Marco Island, FL
2008, Pooches and Purebreds, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC
2008, 47th Annual Art and the Animal, Society of Animal Artists, Parker, CO
2008, Small Work-Big Impressions, Society of Animal Artists, Parker, CO
2007, CLWAC Member & Associate Juried Exhbition, Darien, CT
2007, Art of the Animal Kingdom XII, Bennington, VT
2007, 76th Annual Exhibition, Hudson Valley Art Association, New York, NY
2007, Gateway to the Imagination, Farmington, NM
2007, Birds in Art Tour, Shreveport, LA
2007, 24th Annual Sculpture In the Park, LHPAC, Loveland, CO
2007, Audubon Artists 65th Annual Exhibit, New York, NY
2007, Award Winners Exhibition, Pen & Brush, New York, NY
2007, Through the Artists Eyes Part II, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC
2007, Sculpture at the River Market, Little Rock, AK
2007, Small Works, Big Impressions, Parker, CO
2007, Creatures, Seattle, WA
2007, 111th Annual Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Exhibition, CLWAC, New York, NY
2007, 44th National Greeley Art Exhibition, Greeley, CO
2007, 16th National Exhibition, NCAA, Fort Collins, CO
2007, 61st Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Pen & Brush, New York, NY
2007, Student Works, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC
2007, Englewood Arts National Juried Art Show, Englewood, CO
2007, Members Exhibition, CLWAC, New York, NY
2007, Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, KS
2007, Animals in Art, LSU Veterinary Medical School, Baton Rouge, LA
2007, Colorado Gold Invitational, Parker, CO
2007, Birds in Art Tour, Walnut Creek, CA
2007, Birds of a Feather, Bainbridge Island, WA
2007, 32nd Annual Miniature International, MASF, Tarpon Springs, FL
2006, 110th Annual Exhibition, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY
2006, Allied Arts, Chattanooga, TN
2006, 93rd Exhibition Allied Artists of America, New York, NY
2006, Birds In Art, National Tour
2006, 46th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Animal Artists
2006, 23rd Annual North American Miniature Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
2006, Kentucky National Wildlife Exhibit, Henderson Fine Arts Center, Henderson, KY
2006, Members Invitational Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
2006, 21st Annual Conservatory Art Classic, Bosque Conservatory, Clifton, TX
2006, Through the Artist's Eye, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC
2006, 21st Annual Fine Art Festival, Louisville Center for the Ats, Louisville, CO
2006, 14th Annual National Sculptors' Guild Exhibition, Loveland, CO
2006, 23rd Annual Sculpture In the Park, Loveland, CO
2006, 15th Annual Juried Art Competition, Breckenridge Fine Arts Center, Breckenridge, TX
2006, Terry Lindsey Equidae Gallery, Saratoga, NY
2006, Art of the Animal Kingdom XI, Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT
2006, Solo Exhibition, Park State Bank & Trust, Woodland Park, CO
2006, Sculpture On Parade, Northglenn, CO
2006, National Juried Art Competition, Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM
2006, Red River Valley National Exhibition, Vernon, TX
2006, Artist Demonstration, Columbine Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
2006, National Greeley Art Exhibition, Featured Artist, Greeley, CO
2006, 75th Annual Exhibition, Hudson Valley Art Ass., New York, NY
2006, Englewood Arts National Exhibition, Englewood, CA
2006, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Members Exhibition, New York, NY
2006, Animals In Art, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA
2006, 45th Art and the Animal Tour
2006, Greeley Sculpture On Loan, Greeley, CO
2006, Art Quest 2006, Marcos Island, FL
2006, NSS 72nd Annual Awards Exhibition, New York, NY
2006, Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, KS
2005, Cultural Gateway to the Rockies, Colorado Springs Airport, Colorado Springs, CO
2005, Art of the Animal Kingdom IX, Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT
2005, Sculpture In The Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council, Loveland, CO
2005, 72nd Annual Awards Exhibition, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC
2005, 20th Annual Art Classic, Bosque Conservatory, Clifton, TX
2005, 45th Annual Exhibition, Society of Animal Artists, New York, NY
2005, Viselaya Sculpture Competition, Concord, MA
2005, American Women Artists Annual Exhibition, Dallas, TX
2005, Winning Works: NSS 71st Annual Awards Exhibition, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC
2005, 44th Annual Art and The Animal Exhibition and National Tour
2005, Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, KS
2005, 74th Annual Exhibition, Hudson Valley Art Association, Hudson Valley, NY
2005, Pen and Brush 59th Annual Sculpture and Medallic Art Exhibition, New York, NY
2005, National Juried Art Exhibition, Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, TX
2005, 14th National Art Exhibition, Northern Colorado Artist Assoc., Fort Collins, CO
2005, Animals In Art, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA
2004, 69th Annual International Exhibition, MPSGS of Washington, Washington, DC
2004, 91st Annual Exhibition, Allied Artists of America, New York, NY
2004, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 108th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
2004, 44th Annual Exhibition, Society of Animal Artists, New York, NY
2004, Art of the Animal Kingdom IX, Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT
2004, Explorer's Hall, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC
2004, Sixth National Juried Competition, American Women Artists, Santa Fe, NM
2004, 73rd Annual Exhibition, Hudson Valley Art Association, Hudson Valley, NY
2004, Pen and Brush 58th Annual Sculpture and Medallic Art Exhibition, New York, NY
2004, Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, KS
2004, Englewood Arts National Juried Show, Museum of Outdoor Arts, Denver, CO
2004, 29th Annual Miniature Art Show, Miniature Art Society of Florida, Clearwater, FL
2003, 90th Annual Exhibition, Allied Artists of America, New York, NY
2003, Sculpture In The Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council, Loveland, CO
2003, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 107th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
2003, 70th Annual Awards Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
2003, Art of the Animal Kingdom VIII, Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT
2003, Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, KS
2002, 69th Annual Awards Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
2002, Sculpture In The Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council, Loveland, CO
2002, Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, KS
2002, Animals In Art, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA
2001, Animals In Art, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA
2001, 81st Annual Awards Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, Pawleys Island, South Carolina