England. Wiltshire. Salisbury. 2016. Salisbury Cathedral. Artist Sophie Ryder cradles her lurcher Pedro beside her sculpture of a Lady Hare in white marble holding a lurcher. Pedro is the model for many of Sophie's sculptures.
Sophie Ryder was born in London, England, in 1963. She studied Combined Arts at the Royal Academy of Arts where, while obtaining her diploma in painting, she was encouraged by fellow artists to develop her sculpture. Inspired by Picasso, Goya and Henry Moore, she famously developed the Lady Hare as a counterpart to Ancient Greek mythology's Minotaur.