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John Free's Biography

John D. Free was born in the flint hills of Osage County, Oklahoma, where he fashioned his first sculptures from roadside clay and melted crayons. He sharpened his skills under Thomas L. Lewis of Taos, New Mexico. Today Free is an award-winning sculptor -- a self-styled traditional realist. His works have been shown at the Taos Art Gallery, the Kennedy Galleries in New York City and galleries throughout the Southwest and in Germany. A lifetime member of the National Academy of Western Art (NAWA), Free has received silver medals from NAWA for his bronzes: "Osage Horse Catcher" and "Race of the Wild Ones." He lives on a ranch north of Pawhuska, Oklahoma and owns and operates The Bronze Horse, a fine art foundry four miles south of town.