Artist Don Toney
Title Heaven in a Western Sky #AP/40
Media bronze sculpture
Dated
2001
Size 15.5 x 10.25 x 7.5 in. / 39.4 x 26 x 19 cm.
Sold $800
Estimate $800 - $1,200
Notes
signed, dated and numbered along bottom; bears title on plaque; on wood base measuring [2 x 8.5 x 5.5 in.]
Provenance
from the Estate of Dr. Joan Snyder, a prominent Calgary philanthropist; proceeds from this work will help fulfill Joan's wishes to support the University of Calgary. To read more about Dr. Joan Snyder, visit the University of Calgary's Memoriam
Biographical Information
Don Toney ~ [b.1954] Canadian
The sculptor Toney grew up on a cattle ranch in the foothills near Pincher Creek, Alberta. After majoring in fine arts at the University of Lethbridge for two years he apprenticed briefly with sculptor Leon Levesque. He set up his own foundry in 1979 and has worked as a full-time artist since.
For more biographical information and examples of work see Webster Galleries; see also a 2021 article at
Lethbridge Herald; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website at Artists in Canada