Throughout her career, Lona has received many awards, both nationally and in the Ward World Championship.
She`s been carving professionally for 15 years now, and is represented in private collections as well as national museums and galleries throughout the U.S. and Canada, including The Kneeland Gallery of Sun Valley, Idaho; Horizon Gallery of Jackson, Wyoming; The Mountain Art Gathering in Keystone, Colorado; The National Hummingbird Society in Sedona, Arizona; the Bronx Zoo in New York; and The University of Tulsa Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lona`s one of a kind sculptures are in great demand and her works routinely command prices of $1,500 to $13,000.
She has been given the ability to visually express her deep connection with, and love for the overlooked life within the natural world. Her greatest joy and feeling of accomplishment comes with capturing the pure magic of the simplest moments in nature and sharing this gentle love and excitement of all things wild.
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