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Nina
Kaiser grew up in Northern California where she spent as much of
her childhood as possible on horseback. While still a teenager,
a chance encounter with the former owner of her retired
racehorse introduced her to the world of horseracing. She spent
the next 20 years working as an exercise rider and assistant
trainer at racetracks across America and in Europe.
A lifelong aptitude for art led her to begin to experiment in creating
sculptures of horses in the mid eighties. Her work came to the
attention of friends and associates in the racing community who
were instrumental in helping her to obtain her first
commissions. Since that time, Ms. Kaiser's reputation has grown
steadily and her work is now represented in collections around
the world. She has been commissioned to portray many of the most
prominent horses of our times, the short list of which includes
Sunday Silence, A.P. Indy, Serena's Song, Azeri and
Symboli Kris S. In addition, she has designed
trophies
for Santa Anita, Del Mar, Hollywood Park, Golden Gate Fields and
Bay Meadows. She has also done portraits of popular racing
personalities Bill Shoemaker, Charlie Whittingham, and
the bust of Laffit Pincay Jr. and Chris McCarron,
which stands in the paddock gardens of Santa Anita Racetrack.
She prefers to work in a highly realistic manner, feeling that
the natural beauty of the Thoroughbred is best portrayed without
embellishment or stylization. Her years of daily observation and
interaction with horses have been the best training for her
remarkable ability to achieve the anatomical accuracy and
individual characteristics of her subject for which her work is
noted.
Ms. Kaiser lives and works in the little lakeside community of
Del Dios, not far from the Del Mar Racetrack where she spent so
many of her summers.
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