There\u2019s a new bell of the ball in northeastern Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n
\u201cBelle\u201d is the recently erected 5,000-pound steel sculpture of a Percheron draft horse by world-renowned Scottish sculptor Andy Scott. She now towers 15 feet high in Norwood Development Group\u2019s new Percheron, a planned community at East Woodmen Road and Banning Lewis Parkway.<\/p>\n
Scott, who now lives in Los Angeles, is known for his enormous and iconic horse sculptures; he\u2019s created about two dozen around the globe. People might know him best for \u201cThe Kelpies\u201d in Falkirk, Scotland, a pair of 100-feet tall, 300-ton horse heads. The largest equine sculpture in the world has attracted millions of visitors every year since its debut in 2014.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Art on the Streets exhibit brings a dozen new pieces to downtown Colorado Springs<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cPeople always assume I must have grown up with horses, but that\u2019s not the case,\u201d Scott said. \u201cThey\u2019re just a muse. I\u2019m challenged by them as a subject. And they strike such a deep chord with the public. Horses go back thousands of years in our history. There\u2019s definitely a joy to tap into.\u201d<\/p>\n The new sculpture, created with 21\/4 tons of welded and galvanized mild steel, is Scott\u2019s second in Colorado. The first was a 2014 sculpture of Ullr, the Norse god of winter, commissioned by the town of Breckenridge in conjunction with its annual Ullr Festival.<\/p>\n \u201cWe saw an artist who could capture the power and grace of a horse of this magnitude,\u201d said Tim Seibert, senior vice president of Norwood Development Group. \u201cTo see it on site is stunning and it accomplished our goal to bring out the history of the ranch in a meaningful way.\u201d<\/p>\n The sculpture pays homage to Ruth Banning, who owned Banning-Lewis Ranch, once on the same land as Percheron.<\/p>\n