HBRX !!! I can't believe after all these years wondering about it I get an answer within hours of asking... WOW you really came through for me with that picture you posted! I wasn't sure the forest was public... but I thought that Kirsten had mentioned something about trails and after seeing this international caching forum I had the idea to ask- I am so glad I did!
Yes, that is me... but you must understand that this was not a portrait, I was simply a model. Kristen had already sculpted a half life size version back in Norway using a different woman as a model, then in Italy she started the enlarged version and worked from her own small sculpture...nearer to the finish of the sculpting she hired me. Over the course of a few weeks the face did take on some of my features and it wound up with my hairstyle too (thank goodness it was not like some 1980's hairstyles- it was pretty timeless- thankfully, bronze does not reveal what COLOR my hair was) I was a teenage bicycle racer and you can see that the legs are a little heavier muscled than a typical woman. I always thought that when I was an old woman I would hobble my way to Oslo and visit my own virtual "fountain of youth"
The restaurant link is not working for me, but I'll take the warning that the sculpture has been moved.
I am glad to hear that Kirsten is doing so well- it seemed that she was really gaining ground back then- but I did not really know that much about her other than our time in the studio.
Thank you so much HBRX- that was an amazing find!