Great Pyrenees
Fancy : Shopkeeper Bio
My name is Ursula Hock-Henschke, Urs or Ursa called by friends. I was born
in Germany but moved to the Netherlands in 1983 where I live in a small town
in the south west part of the country, close to the sea.
My artwork covers a wide range, from
painting/drawing on canvas and paper, china painting to sculpturing
and digital artwork.
Since I was a teenager I am attracted by "creating" stuff. I
never have seriously studied art, but followed some workshops
for the different sections I was interested in.
When I retired from work in 1990 I had more time to spend and I
divided it to my old passion [the art] and a new one, the passion
for the Great Pyrenees dog which came with adopting a puppy of this
breed. In the early 90's I mostly did china painting and some commissioned
work for friends and acquaintances.
The passion for the Great Pyrenees grew and I decided , with the guidance of
a very good friend/breeder/mentor, to breed my first litter in 1993. The litter
was born in may 1993 carrying my registered kennel name: Ursa's Signum.
Translated in English it means the sign of the bear [Ursa is the Latin name for the female
bear], or the sign of Ursa which is derived from my first name Ursula.
For
10 years I spent most of the time with my dogs, but occasionally
there was also time for my artwork. As you can imagine
the models were mostly my Great Pyrenees or in commissioned
work the dogs of the clients. Most of my work in this
time was china painting.
My male from my first litter at the age of 10 years
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