The long time owner of the greeting card company that we toured has collected western paintings and sculptures for years now. There is a whole sculpture garden with bronze figures of both animals and people. Then there is this! The title of this sculpture is "Ironfire" by the sculptor Dixie Jewett. The placque also said that before she was a sculptor, she was a bush pilot in Alaska! That got my attention. Anyhow, the light was not quite right for photographs of this magnificent assemblage, so I did two photographs. Please click on each of the images to see more detail, and to see the incredible creativity she used in making a beautiful horse out of collected pieces of repurposed metal. This is just brilliant! Please take the time to look for familiar objects within the sculpture.
3 comments:
This statue of a horse is brilliant! I know little if anything about the anatomy of a horse, but the lines, shapes, stance, etc. look spot on for the real deal. I can't image the time and patience it took the artist to create this magnificent animal from old parts of steel and iron.
Amazing! Where did she begin and how long much time did she spend on this magnificent horse? Glad you could view this up close and share photos.
Joan
Of course you know I would absolutely LOVE this!! Magnificent! This is a stunning sculpture. So glad you took photos of both sides to show details. bsk
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