Run Piggy Run by Damian Radice captures a joyful moment of movement and play.
Two young pigs leap and bound forward, full of energy and life. Cast in bronze, the sculpture preserves a fleeting, lighthearted scene, inviting viewers to pause and appreciate the simple, spirited rhythms found in the natural world.
Radice’s work often reflects a deep connection to animals and the environments they inhabit. His sculptures balance realism with personality, bringing warmth and character into each form. In this piece, motion becomes the focal point, with the playful interaction between the pigs conveying a sense of freedom and spontaneity.
Based in Grand Junction, Colorado, Radice has spent more than three decades working as a studio artist, creating bronze sculpture, fine art pottery, and functional ceramics. His lifelong commitment to art began early, growing up along the banks of the Colorado River, where nature and daily life became lasting sources of inspiration.
In addition to his studio practice, Radice has dedicated nearly two decades to teaching, offering pottery and bronze foundry classes to students of all levels. As both an artist and educator, he continues to share his knowledge and passion, fostering creativity while producing work that reflects both skill and a genuine love for his subjects.
Website: damianradice.com
The Conversation – 2025
$4,800 – 18″ X 36″ X 12″ – Bronze
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The sculpture is of a group of old men having a conversation or so it seems. Old men talk less, so the conversation takes place more in sideways looks and facial contortions.
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Humanity – 2024
$4,200 – 22″ x 36″ x 6″ – Bronze
Art is in the doing. I like to create bronze sculptures that pull from the natural environment around me or are whimsical in nature; imaginative pieces that when viewed require dynamic, 360-degrees viewing. If you’re viewing a wall bronze, I think it should capture your interest and invoke a feeling or response as all sculpture should. What you see is the product of the doing.
Hitching a Ride – 2023
This bronze is of an African leopard tortoise with a bird landing on its shell. I saw this on the Serengeti Plain when I was traveling through Tanzania with my family in 1988, and found it ironic that a bird looked like it was hitching a ride on a tortoise. That trip was an amazing experience that I will never forget. To top it off, my sister was able to get an African leopard tortoise; the little creature died last year. This sculpture was in her memory and that adventure in Tanzania.
This is Living?! – 2023
In our modern society, we rely on an extensive infrastructure. All the roads, wires, and plumbing pipes make our lives easier. I was thinking about this when I was visiting Hoover Dam in Nevada; it was an odd thought, but I wondered how people would respond if many years ago, they were trapped in our plumbing infrastructure. Would they think “This is Living!” or would they think “This is Living?” This sculpture was made out of a parking meter, and is interactive: If you put a quarter in his ear the flag goes down, and his eyes light up.
Pig Iron
This is actually part of another sculpture that I have done. I like my sculptures to evolve, or parts of them to evolve, into other sculptures. The Iron Age, and some of the interesting iron machines that came from that time, were the inspiration for this piece. It seemed like a natural thing for this sculpture of a warthog to turn into something that looked like it was made out of iron; of course, it would have to be named “Pig Iron”! I also like to have whimsical, Interactive sculptures. If you turn the large gear on one side, the pig’s tail spins; if you turn the crank on the other side, you can see the gears inside of him turn.
