Recent Wire Horses

This first sculpture is called Rhythm. My daughters bought UC Fascinatin' Rhythm in 2001 as a two-year-old. One day when she was seven or eight I just happened to look out the window to see her kicking her back legs into the air. I did this sculpture while the image was still fresh in my mind. This sculpture stands 30 inches tall and weighs about 70 pounds. It is made of recycled steel baling wire and is mounted on a rough piece of granite.

The next three sculptures were all done as gifts. The second horse I call Haywire. The name is significant for three reasons: It is the first I made form recycled hay baling wire reclaimed from hay bales used on our horse farm; When a horse rears like this something has gone "haywire;" And finally, when I was constructing this horse the back legs gave out and the sculpture fell forward on my work bench. I had to unravel the structure to the middle to put in a stronger armature for the back legs. Laying there all undone it truly was "haywire." It is just over 36 inches tall and weighs about 80 pounds. It is made of recycled steel baling wire and is mounted on a polished piece of white marble. I gave this one to my lovely wife.

This third horse was done as a thank you gift to my mother. I call it Haywire 2. After my mother’s passing it came back to me. I passed it on to life-long family friends. It's about 24 inches tall and weighs about 20 pounds. It is made of recycled steel baling wire and is mounted to a block of mahogany repurposed from a table leaf.

The last sculpture on this page is call Silver Steed. It is about 22" tall and like the others, it's made of recycled steel baling wire. The difference here that it has been polished. It is mounted to a block of yellow oak. I gave this to my daughter Rebecca's mother and father in-law, in California, to thank them for providing such wonderful care for her during her battle with cancer.