Susan Norris is a well-known artist and sculptor whose works are in public and private collections in the United States and other countries. She lives in historic Cimarron, New Mexico.

Entirely self-taught, Norris expresses a wide range of styles, technique and subject matter. She is as adept at painting people, events and animals as she is creating life-size classical bronze sculptures of famous people. She is the National Artist and Sculptor for the Boy Scouts of America, a successor to the famous Norman Rockwell.

These new Veterans Memorial Park "Military War Dog" monument is a tribute to a military working dog mourning the loss of its owner who perished in combat. This statue will be mounted atop a 2 ton boulder with the monument ultimately standing over six feet tall. This monument exemplifies "trust and loyalty."