Lonnie and Twyla Money (Kentucky), Standing Hound

Carved and polychrome painted wood, ink inscribed "Lonnie/ Twyla / Money" beneath one paw.

23 x 30 x 6 3/4 in.

Purchased 2003, Clayton Galleries, Tampa

Lonnie and Twyla Money were both born in Laurel County, Kentucky. Lonnie is descended from Jacob Money, a 19th-Century Swiss immigrant who had been a wood carver in the old country. Lonnie does the carving part of each sculpture.
Twyla Darty, whose family has farmed in the county for generations, grew up a mile from ​the house and hilly farm where she and Lonnie live now on Money Road. Twyla adds the painted decoration to each of Lonnie's carvings.

Good estate condition; a few minor age checks to wood.