Lori Hough

Lori Hough grew up in an artistic family in rural west Michigan. She initially went to college to get a degree in art, however a required class in Zoology led her to change her major to the study of animals. This led to Hough’s love of animals and artistic endeavors. Hough worked as a wildlife technician and biologist, and while on a foreign fishing boat in the Berring Sea, Hough’s interest in wildlife and art finally merged. While aboard, in between sampling the caught fish, she began creating papier mache animals. And finally, in 1988, her hobby became a full-time occupation. Lori Hough’s work features wild, domestic, extinct and fictional animals. She creates pieces from tiny tabletop giraffes to giant larger than life frogs. Hough specializes in creating very expressive pieces using strong gestural poses which form interesting compositions. In addition to bronze, Hough creates works in mediums of papier mache, ferro-concrete, and welded steel.