The paths to becoming an artist are as many as those who create it, and with some it begins at a very early age. Such was the case with Wendy Salin. When she found herself interested in Barbie's cars and furniture, more than she was in the doll itself, Wendy knew she was a designer. It was only, from there, to determine what kind.

Growing up in Los Angeles Wendy was fortunate to experience much of the art and culture that city had to offer. From museums to Disneyland, while still in her youth, Wendy found fascination with form and motion. Though her gift for drawing was exceptional Wendy's real joy lied beyond it. In everything she saw, Wendy was captivated with its proportion, form and balance. She forever loved to design and build things.

Wendy's design career began shortly after high school with aircraft pioneer, Al Moody, in the fabrication division of Avtek Aircraft Corp. It only followed course that she soon learned to fly and clocked many hours in the air. She also came to recognize the value and importance of a good design education. Wendy accomplished this at the prestigious Art Center College of Design where she ultimately earned a scholarship with the Ford Motor Company.

During the years that followed Wendy Salin was privileged to work with several distinguished designers. Included among these were Chares Pelly, of Designworks-Transportation, and Kohei Eguchi of Duospace, concept designers for Panasonic and Casio. "Through these professional associations," says Wendy, "I learned precisely what determines truly exceptional design: proportion, scale, balance, rhythm, simplicity and integrity. These characteristics are core to creating compelling 3-dimensional forms and it is these that I apply to figurative bronze sculpture."

Wendy has since left behind the world of commercial design and dedicated her passion to sculpting the human form. "Before accomplishing this goal," she says, "I had to go back to the beginning. I had to learn about anatomy, human locomotion and life drawing. It was very humbling". She continued her education at Loveland Academy and Scottsdale Artists School where she studied with esteemed artists such as cowboy sculptor, John Coleman and the husband and wife team of Linda and Dave Elder.