The Sculptor and His Village

Loveland, Colorado-based sculptor Dan Ostermiller is hard at work on a new piece that will be part of a 50th anniversary celebration of his work at Nedra Matteucci Galleries in June. It’s a huge sculpture—nine feet long—and it’s somewhat unusual. “It’s 12 rabbits,” he says. “They’re all interacting with each other—jumping off this wall and running around it and sleeping on it, scratching their ears. All of them doing different things on it. It’s pretty cool.”

In the world of wildlife sculpture, Ostermiller’s pieces stand out in a few key ways, including their sheer size and the virtuosity of their design and construction, earned through long years of dedicated practice. Another striking quality of this, and other pieces like it in his portfolio, is his depiction of multiple figures interacting together. In a medium dominated by lone figures designed to draw the eye to one focal point, Ostermiller’s pieces give the viewer many places to look and lots of compelling shapes and faces to take in and admire.

Read the full article in the May/June 2026 issue.