A Bunny Connell (American, 20th century) cold painted bronze cheetah. The exquisitely rendered sculpture is cold-painted in rich yellows, browns, orange and white. The naturalistic bronze is signed “Connell 5/20 2007”. H 15.5 W 29 D 6.5 Weight 12 lbs. Bunny Connell, Wyoming sculptor, looks almost exclusively to the animal world for her inspiration. Living on the family horse and cattle ranch in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming, she is inspired in her sculpture by animals, especially the way they react to their environment without human interference.Connell is a member of The Society of Animal Artists and the American Academy of Equine Artists. Bio courtesy of AskArt.