Horses

I grew up during the age of 1950s’ television, the world of Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Lone Ranger and Rawhide. I developed a love for the true heroes of those Westerns – the horses. Although I didn’t have a horse of my own growing up, I was around them and often rode my friends’ horses. Horses have very distinct personalities and physical looks. I love capturing them in action, a gestural three-dimensional drawing with metal. I exaggerate the form as with all my work, giving it a sense of what I see and feel it to be. I love to work with the line, weight, movement and essence of the form, as well as the negative space in defining the piece and expressing character. I strive to capture the personality of horses, rather than create a realistic representation of one particular horse.