Winters

Tammy Lynne Winters is a highly respected museum artist with over thirty years of capturing the spirit, strength, and beauty of animals with her breathtaking sculptures.

Tammy grew up in Colorado on a farm originally homesteaded by her family in 1872. Animals were an integral part of Tammy’s life from the beginning. Horses, cattle, dogs, cats, birds, and more captured young Tammy’s heart; inspiring her to begin drawing horses at age four. Her drawings grew into sculpting with kiln-fired clay soon thereafter.

As Tammy’s sculpting experience grew, she became a respected Western Raku artist. Raku dates to the 1500’s when Zen Buddhist Masters used the process to make their ceremonial teaware. Tammy used western-style raku ceramics to create beautiful mixed media animals, such as blending ceramics with silver or stone. In 1988 Tammy found her creative home with the creation of her first bronze sculpture. 

Tammy’s body of work is on a grand scale , from miniature to monumental. Her cast bronzes evoke a myriad of emotions, from the tenderness of a newborn giraffe (in the Denver Zoo Collection) to the playfulness of a young goat. When you look at her work you experience love, happiness and laughter. Other pieces induce feelings of strength, determination and vulnerability. 

Tammy’s work is widely collected by museums, corporations and private collectors internationally.