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Makeover planned for Hunt-Boyer Mansion plaza
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A 7-foot diameter bronze seal will serve as the centerpiece to the future facelift of the Dresbach-Hunt-Boyer Mansion Plaza. Courtesy photo
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Susan Shelton knows her way around a bronze cast.
Between work on bronze seals on campus at UC Davis, for former California First Lady Maria Shriver’s Minerva Awards and the Spanish-Mexican Seal that punctuates the West Steps of the state Capitol building in Sacramento, Shelton’s spent a fair amount of her career as an artist hunkered over shining masterpieces.
Her latest creation, however, will soon be visible in downtown Davis.