A reader reports that artist Gloria Becker is selling her home at 7309 Greenbriar, just south of the Med Center. That’s the big brick house with the the 8-foot-tall topiary bears out front. Plus . . .

She has a wildcat in her dining room, deer on her sofa, fish in her bathroom, squirrels in her entryway, a caribou at the top of her stairwell and a prairie dog in her den.

From the foyer, where a stuffed bear in a sundress and rhinestone-studded sunglasses stands at the foot of the stairs covered in imitation tiger fur, to the farthest corner of the second-floor spare room, which is adorned with a giant cloth cow in a sun hat, a wreath of monkeys and a Virgin Mary hubcap, the house is a cacophony of contented clutter.

“Empty spaces make me nervous,” [Becker] Rasmussen says.

Becker, who makes a living selling her incredibly detailed Santa Claus sculptures and handcrafted sock monkeys, calls herself an “an upscale, sophisticated recycler.”

Her Braeswood home has 3 or 4 bedrooms, 3 full and 2 half baths, and sits on a 12,563-sq.-ft. lot near the corner of S. Main. Asking price: $848,000.

After the jump: Some interior pics from the listing, plus: Where did all the sock monkeys go?

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Look carefully: There’s a lot going on in here . . .

The Dining Room, from one side:

. . . and the other. Yes, that’s a ship-shaped chandelier!

A monkey portrait overlooks the Den:

Here’s the Kitchen:

Two of the bedrooms:

And the pool.

On the website for her company, Many Monkeys Later, Becker features this “partial view” of her sock-monkey collection:

How do you stage an artist’s home? Hide the sock monkeys! Or . . . at least keep them above the plate rail (monkey rail?). Here’s how the same room appears in the MLS listing:

A little paint . . . a little monkey removal . . . a little magic!

• 7309 Greenbriar St. [HAR]
• About Us [Many Monkeys Later]
• Lions and tigers and bears – Oh my! [Houston Chronicle]
• Lions and tigers and bears – Oh my! [Houston Chronicle]
• Filling a garden with unexpected treasures [Houston Chronicle]

Photos: HAR and Gloria Becker