Adrian Landon's Galloping Mechanical Horse

Mechanical Horse

Artist:  Adrian Landon (1989 -     )
Current Exhibition:  The Winter Equestrian Festival

Wellington, Florida
Photo Courtesy:  AdrianLandon.com

Adrian Landon of  Brooklyn, New York, sculpts to express his urge to reconnect with his family heritage with his favorite subject of inspiration, horses.  Landon's father and grandfather were expert horsemen. His grandfather commanded the French military training establishment at Saumur, The Armoured Cavalry Branch Training School.

Photo:  Saumur - École de Cavalerie - Caserne grille by Pymouss

Landon grew up in New York City and attended the Lycee Francais de New York.  After a year of industrial design at the Academy of Art in San Francisco and traveling all over the United States, he returned to New York in 2009 to join artists at the Arts Students League.

Cheval en Bronze

Photo:  Valerie Penven

His method of his sculpting is known as "repousse" where flat pieces of sheet metal are hand forged with anvil and hammer.

Galloping Horse 2

Since he began his work in 2010, Landon has sculpted more than 10 equine pieces, and spent more than a year planning on how to make the horse "real."  Click the video below to see his "real" kinetic Mechanical Horse galloping along (happily) right now in the warm weather of Wellington, Florida.  [You may want to take advantage of full screen viewing by clicking the lower right corner of the video.]

Mechanical Horse

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