Photo credit : David Dalziel
The Heavy Horse, Glasgow

This sculpture of a Clydesdale Horse has become one of the best known artworks in Scotland.  Sited beside the M8 motorway between Glasgow and Edinburgh, it stands 4.5 metres tall at the head and is made of galvanised steel round bars.

Photo credit : Hanneke Scott van Wel
The Heavy Horse, Glasgow

The huge Clydesdale has become synonymous with the city and has been taken to the hearts of the local people. In keeping with many of Andy Scott’s commissions, it offers numerous levels of interpretation: heavy goods transport, agriculture, the steel industry once prevalent in the area and even the Clydesdale breed itself, which was originally bred in Lanarkshire.

Photo : Paul Ewart
Arabesque, South Queensland

This piece was created for the ‘Swell’ sculpture exhibition at Currumbin Beach, Queensland, Australia. This fine Arabian was created in response to coastal erosion and refers to the metaphor of “white horses” as crashing waves.  The sculpture was deliberately sited on the sand dunes facing towards the land, with the horse pawing at the coast line.

It stands 3.5m tall and is made of a mosaic of thousands of small sections of galvanised steel round bars which are welded together. The sculpture was bought by Gold Coast City Council and is now sited beside the Pacific Highway at Broadbeach.

Photo (Arabesque) : Paul Ewart
Photo : Craig Semplis
Belvedere Cob, London

The Belvedere Cob was installed in Bexley, East London in February. The Cob was inspired by the horses which the local traveller community have traditionally grazed in the local area. The 5m high sculpture is made from galvanised steel and is sited on the roundabout at the junction of Eastern Way and Anderson Way in Belvedere.

Photo (Belvedere Cob) : Andy Scott Public Art
Photo : Andy Scott Public Art
The White Horse, Sydney

Rooftop sculpture in Surry Hills, Sydney.

Photo : Lightfolio
Ginger, Greenock

Ginger has been installed in Greenock by Riverside Inverclyde as part of the redevelopment of the area.

The 3.5 metre high sculpture is named after a much loved local dray horse from the 1890s who sadly drowned when he fell into the river.

Photo : Andy Scott Public Art
Pegasus, Glasgow

Commissioned by local residents’ associations, this sculpture is based on the Gaelic meaning of their local area, Drumchapel: “ridge of the horse”.