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Kris Swanson founded the Corner Store (and its predecessor, the E Street Studio) in  Washington, DC, with  her husband, Roy Mustelier.  Kris, born and raised on the Monterey Peninsula in California,  has been a bronze sculptor specializing in animal and human figures for the past 20 years. Her work is shown in collections that include the California State Capitol in Sacramento, the U.S. Embassy in Rome, and the archives of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC.

Public art commissions include the portrait of Monterey Institute of International Studies founder Remsen Bird, installed at the university in April of 1999 and The Cowboy (right), completed and installed at the California Rodeo grounds to celebrate the grand opening of the new Salinas Sports Center in 1997.

The California Grizzly (left), a monument of the California Bear Flag,  was dedicated on September 5th, 2000 at Colton Hall in Monterey, California.  The work was commissioned to honor the 150th anniversary of California's admission to the United States.