Joy Kroeger Beckner

Born in 1944 and raised in St. Louis, Ms. Beckner attended Washington University School of Fine Art before pursuing a professional career in the fashion industry. In the late 1980s, she returned to painting, but felt constrained by working in two dimensions. "My paintings kept getting thicker and thicker," she remembers. "On a lark, I took a figurative sculpture class. I said, 'This is fun,' and my work just took off." The artist is inspired by the sensuous shapes of skin, bone and muscle, and while she has worked with the human figure in the past, it is primarily dachshunds and other short-haired breeds that she focuses on now.

Ms. Beckner's bronze dachshunds have brought her numerous awards, including the National Sculpture Society Silver Medal, an Award of Excellence from the Society of Animal Artists, the Ellin P. Speyer Prize at the National Academy in New York Ciy, and four Best in Shows at prestigious invitational exhibitions around the country. Her work is included in private collections around the world and has been purchased for the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog for its permanent collection.

So Good to See You

Life-sized Standard Dachshund, Bronze, SOLD OUT

Life-sized Miniature Dachshund, Bronze, ed. 20, $4,500

1:6 Scale: Palm sized, Bronze, ed. 99, $500

     Lord of the Couch

Life-sized Miniature Dachshund, Bronze, ed. 20, $3,900

1:6 Scale: Palm sized, Bronze, ed. 99, $450   

Life's a Ball

Life-sized Standard Dachshund, Bronze, ed. 20, $9,600

1:6 Scale: Palm sized, Bronze, ed. 99, $550

Squirrel Season

Smooth-coat, Bronze, ed. 50, $2,800

Wire-coat, Bronze, ed. 20, $2,800

Palm Paw         Bronze, ed. open        $ 350

Dream Chasers-Best of Breed

Bronze, ed. 20, $3,200

Dream Chaser - Individuals, Bronze, ed. 20, $975

Knock Knock         Bronze, ed. 9         $ 850