The Creative Force Behind Windstone Editions
At the heart of every piece created by master sculptor M. Peña is the artist's passion for living creatures. This passion, coupled with her lifelong study of animal behavior and anatomy, and an astonishing gift for three-dimensional art, results in sculptures so intriguing and lifelike they are without equal.
Growing up in California, Peña surrounded herself with animals. Keeping more than two dozen aquariums in her childhood bedroom, a pet toad in a wastebasket, and a chicken in a bucket, her collection of pets soon became the subjects of her artwork. In college, Peña studied biology and zoology in addition to painting, drawing, and sculpture.
Today, the artist is never far from her animals. Her glass-walled studio is surrounded by a veritable nature preserve: from parakeets and ponies, to iguanas, tortoises, and llamas. These creatures are the living well from which Peña draws inspiration...the models for the incredibly accurate detail in her work.