It was during this time in 1982 that a bronze art casting foundry opened their doors in Joseph, Oregon. At the encouragement of a well known bronze sculptor and Art Casting foundry manager Don began creating wildlife belt buckles cast in bronze and was then encouraged by the foundry owner and well known bronze sculptors to begin sculpting and creating bronze sculptures. Don purchased some wax and has since pursued his career as a bronze sculptor and enjoys his new life as a sculptor. Beck’s sculpture subjects to date include western, equine, horses, dogs, American and African wildlife, marine life, historic, contemporary and portrait bronzes. Preciseness with close attention to minute Detail, Authenticity and Quality are his main objectives for each new sculpture he creates. From the very moment the Lord led Don to the bronze media, he knew in his heart that being a bronze sculptor was the Lord’s will for him. Being reminded of the time when he was a young boy and how he used to ride his bike around the town square, in the small Northern California coastal town of Arcata, where he grew up, and how he always pondered a bronze monument statue of President McKinley in the center of the town square and wishing that he could one day be able to create such statues; not being aware that one day he would be led to accomplish his childhood dreams and create bronze sculptures not only of people but of many subjects. “God is good and gives us our hearts desires,” says Beck. His future goals include monumental sculpture and vision of the building of his own Bronze Museum complex with onsite Outdoor Monumental Sculpture Park as mentioned herein under “Investment opportunity”.

While pursuing his career as a bronze sculptor in 1988 Don spent over 5 years volunteering on his friend and neighbor Clarence Dudley’s Percheron Draft Horse Ranch (Siskiyou Percherons) in Etna, CA. Learning the breeding, foaling and training of these magnificent horses as well as the American Quarter Horse furthered his equine experience and his greatest passion, his desire for their horse ranch, as well as giving him the added hands on research for his sculpting career; experience of caring and working with the stallions, mares and imprinting the foals enables him to capture the anatomy with minute detail as well as the spirit of his subjects.