Pictures The Mustangs of Las Colinas (sculpture)

[GreyMane]

What a great sculpture - the fountains work very well on photos. Irving, Texas

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/mustangs-of-las-colinas.html

 

[splashgirl45]

love it, what a brilliant idea

 

[milliepops]

that's fabulous

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

What a great sculpture - the fountains work very well on photos. Irving, Texas

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/mustangs-of-las-colinas.html

Ive seen this on tv before in a film and wondered where they were as I admired them so much, ty for posting.

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

Lovely sculpture but the plumber fitting in the sprays around the horses feet has really brought the sculpture to life.

 

[GreyMane]

Lovely sculpture but the plumber fitting in the sprays around the horses feet has really brought the sculpture to life.

Have a look at the one with ice on the Alamy page; horses become piebalds
Also like how one of them is spooking at the boulder!

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Have a look at the one with ice on the Alamy page; horses become piebalds
Also like how one of them is spooking at the boulder!

Do you have a link?

 

[GreyMane]

Do you have a link?

Ice photo

Boulder photo

 

[HeresHoping]

I must tell you a lovely thing about those mustangs. They were created by my 'Uncle' Rob. Rob Glen, a renowned bronze sculpture artist. And when he was coming up with the plan he spent many days chasing my pony, Morning Star, around our field taking photographs to capture the head positions and the leg positions and the proportions. She was a bush pony with a bit of Arab, a bit of thoroughbred, and a bit of something else in her and he decided she was quite close in stature to the mustangs.

 

[GreyMane]

I must tell you a lovely thing about those mustangs. They were created by my 'Uncle' Rob. Rob Glen, a renowned bronze sculpture artist. And when he was coming up with the plan he spent many days chasing my pony, Morning Star, around our field taking photographs to capture the head positions and the leg positions and the proportions. She was a bush pony with a bit of Arab, a bit of thoroughbred, and a bit of something else in her and he decided she was quite close in stature to the mustangs.

How wonderful! You must be proud of him. The more I read, the more impressive his work is. He's captured the action so beautifully. It's telling that he worked from looking and sketching not from photographs, I think the work is much stronger for this. You can always tell when someone's taken a quick snap and just reproduced it. He's got right under the skin of the animal and its behaviour. 47 models made from which he used nine! Bravo.

2 more links:
https://www.robertglenbronzes.com/

http://newsregisteronline.com/capturing-the-spirit-mustangs-of-las-colinas/

 

[hobo]

How wonderful Here's hoping.

 

[Emilieu]

That is absolutely beautiful!

 

[GreyMane]

Had to add this. Short video of Robert Glen

From the youtube channel of the National Museum of Wildlife Art (Jackson Hole, Wyoming)
Looks like a lot of other good stuff on there.

A lifetime of craft, and still improving. Sir, you're going on my Hero List.

 

[cobgoblin]

A stunning piece of art!

Certainly puts some of the Turner Prize winners in their place.

 

[dunthing]

Truly beautiful. What a wonderful talent

 

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That's exquisite.....I'd love a koi pond with something similar one day, horses jumping in /out down one side and a little wooden bridge over the other

 

[Flicker]

Wonderful, thank you for sharing this

 

[photo_jo]

Finally found these ones, Caroline Morton at her finest-Dubai's Zabeel Palace, residence of the ruler, and these are all their great racehorses

 

[ycbm]

Brilliant!
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[hobo]

Stunning thank you for posting.

 

[GreyMane]

They are fabulous. Can't help wondering if she had seen the Robert Glen sculpture!

Sort of off topic, unless the topic can be "artists whose skill is phenomenal" - please can I add Rosie Sanders.
See "The Apple Book" ? (She has won 5 gold medals from the RHS).

In Japan, all these artists would be recognised as "National Treasures"

 

[thefarsideofthefield]

A stunning piece of art!

Certainly puts some of the Turner Prize winners in their place.

As it happens I shall be submitting my work " Unmucked out bed " this year .
Tracey got 2.2 million for her effort and it's not a patch my mare's daily masterpiece .