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About
me . . . . . . .
My name is Ursula Hock-Henschke, Urs or Ursa called by friends. I was born in Germany but moved to the Netherlands in 1983 where I lived in a small town in the south west part of the country, close to the sea, untill december 2004.
After my husband died in december 2001, I decided in 2004 to sell my house and move to another place closer to where my best friend lives. She and her husband are running a pottery and also have Great Pyrenees.
Now I live in a small village in the east of the Netherlands near the German border, where I share my house with my 4 Great Pyrenees.
My
artwork covers a wide range, from painting/drawing on canvas
and paper, china painting to sculpturing and digital artwork.  Since
I was a teenager I am attracted by "creating" stuff.
I never have seriously studied art, but followed some workshops
for the different sections I was interested in.
When
I retired from work in 1990 I had more time to spend and I
divided it to my old passion [the art] and a new one, the passion
for the Great Pyrenees dog which came with adopting
a puppy of this breed. In the early 90's I mostly did china
painting and some commissioned work for friends and acquaintances.
The passion for the Great Pyrenees grew and I decided , with the
guidance of a very good friend/breeder/mentor, to breed my first litter
in 1993. The litter was born in may 1993 carrying my registered kennel
name: Ursa's Signum.  Translated
in English it means the sign of the bear [Ursa is the Latin name for the
female bear], or the sign of Ursa which is derived from my first name Ursula.
For
10 years I spent most of the time with my dogs, but occasionally
there was also time for my artwork. As you can imagine the
models were mostly my Great Pyrenees or in commissioned
work the dogs of the clients. Most of my work in this time
was china painting.
My
male from my first litter at the age of 10 years
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