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Duke is a humble heavy horse who pulls a dray in a park in Glasgow for a day job. Few who see him will realise he is also the inspiration for the largest equine sculpture in the world.
Duke was one of the models used in the creation of two 30-metre horse heads that tower The Helix park development in Falkirk, Scotland.
The pair of heads, known as The Kelpies, are the work of Glasgow artist Andy Scott – and it was a former rescue horse named Baron, rehabilitated by the charity World Horse Welfare, who was one of two horses used as models for the massive steel artwork.
Sculptor Andy Scott stands with Clydesdales Duke and Baron. Photo: The Helix/Facebook
The horse heads are part of a £40 million project funded by The Big Lottery Fund to transform an area of industrial land into a public space, which backers hope will prove to be a major tourist attraction.
The artwork is based on the mythical Scots Legend of water-based spirits, or kelpies, but it was Baron and his mate, Duke, who were the real-life models used by Scott.
Mother Earth,
This sculpture can be found at Grandholm Village, Aberdeen.
Grandholm Village was built by Cala Homes on the site of a former mill Aberdeen City Council instructed Cala Homes to provide a suitable artwork for the area. The commission was awarded to Andy Scott Public Art of Glasgow.
The sculpture was created by Andy Scott and his assistant at the time, George Potter, and took around 6 months to complete, being installed on site in 2005.
The theme chosen was one of a female figure to represent a kind of 'Mother Earth ' figure. She is draped in a steel 'fabric' to represent the cloth weave of the Crombie Textile Mills, which once occupied the site.
The big cats or leopards are representative of those incorporated in the city of Aberdeen's coat of arms.
We don’t always know the story behind a public piece of art depicting a dog, and sometimes there isn’t one beyond “art for art’s sake.” This sculpture created by Glasgow born artist, Andy Scott, appears in the ninth most-populous locality in Scotland – Cumbernauld. Named, “Cobus” after Scott’s own dog, the piece was commissioned by Stewart Milne Homes, possibly in 2012, as part of a plan to enrich the green spaces around the Linenfields housing development. Not everyone was enthralled with the piece; some locals claimed they weren’t consulted before the sculpture appeared. Andy Scott has become a bit more famous in the following years and one wonders if pride over a local connection to a famous local sculptor has softened their sentiments. How would you feel?
In 2017 Carrbridge Business and Tourism Association commissioned a Carving by Alice Buttress with her husband Jeff of Carrbridge Artists Studio to commemorate the 300th Anniversary of our iconic Packhorse Bridge.
The Bridge 300 Carving was made possible with funding from Sustrans, Carrbridge Business & Tourist Association and CNPA, with the wood, a wonderful old Burr Elm, being donated by Culloden House Hotel, Inverness.
The carving depicts the famous bridge, local wildlife and landmarks in the village.
This is another great piece of work by the acclaimed Glasgow artist, Andy Scott. It is located on the Clyde Walkway, adjacent to the River Clyde, between Carmyle and Cambuslang.
As well as in his native Scotland, Andy Scott's public art can be found in Belfast, Brisbane and Spain.
Andy Scott Sculpture of a Heron. This 8m high metal artwork was commissioned by Sustrans in 1998 and marks the regeneration of the River Clyde and its benefits to wildlife. Located on the South side of the Clyde across from Clydeford Road, Carmyle, Glasgow.
River Spirit Collylands Roundabout B9140 - Collylands to Fishcross Installed - June 2011 ‘River Spirit’ was the first of Andy Scott’s installations within Clackmannanshire. At nearly 6 metres high, the statue depicts a female figure emerging from a tree base. Her foliage hands hold high the ribbon shape of the nearby River Forth. This river helped to shape Alloa’s industrial past, allowing international trade to the east and the New World.
On the Ellon roundabout in Aberdeenshire by the Ythan River Bridge there is a lovely galvanised steel mesh statue sculpture of an otter.
The 10 feet tall statue was designed and created by sculptor Andy Scott in Glasgow.
An otter was chosen to signify the relationship between Ellon and the River Ythan which is home to many otters.
This is another great piece of work by the acclaimed Glasgow artist, Andy Scott.
As well as in his native Scotland, Andy Scott's public art can be found in Belfast, Brisbane and Spain.
On the south side of the Clydeford bridge at the Clyde Walkway and National Cycle Route 75 is a metallic wire sculpture of a wading bird created in 1998 by noted sculptor Andy Scott. It is known as the Carmyle Heron (although it is actually on the Cambuslang side of the river). It is located by the Clyde Walkway in Carmyle near the Clydeford Rd bridge.
This 8m high metal artwork was commissioned by Sustrans in 1998 and marks the regeneration of the River Clyde and its benefits to wildlife.
The 10m (33ft) structure of a female form overlooks the A80 at Cumbernauld.
The artwork was created by artist Andy Scott and named Arria after Arria Fadilla, the mother of Emperor Antoninus.
It was selected following a competition asking locals to suggest a title for its new resident.
Mr Scott has produced several notable public artworks in Scotland, including the M8 Heavy Horse and Falkirk Helix Water Kelpies.
Part of the Cumbernauld Positive Image Project, the sculpture incorporates two large swooping arcs, inspired by the original name for Cumbernauld, "comar nan allt", which means "coming together of waters" in Gaelic.
Its proximity to the motorway means more than 70,000 commuters will see the sculpture every day.
Work to erect the statue began on Tuesday morning took most of the day to complete.
Councillor Gerry McElroy, chairman of the company set up to facilitate the redevelopment of Cumbernauld, said: "After almost a year of waiting she is now complete and looks fantastic.
"We're all really looking forward to driving by her on the main road that bisects Cumbernauld and hope that she becomes an iconic landmark for the town."
Mother Earth,
This sculpture can be found at Grandholm Village, Aberdeen.
Grandholm Village was built by Cala Homes on the site of a former mill Aberdeen City Council instructed Cala Homes to provide a suitable artwork for the area. The commission was awarded to Andy Scott Public Art of Glasgow.
The sculpture was created by Andy Scott and his assistant at the time, George Potter, and took around 6 months to complete, being installed on site in 2005.
The theme chosen was one of a female figure to represent a kind of 'Mother Earth ' figure. She is draped in a steel 'fabric' to represent the cloth weave of the Crombie Textile Mills, which once occupied the site.
The big cats or leopards are representative of those incorporated in the city of Aberdeen's coat of arms.
The distinctive double Walled Garden at Hospitalfield has been redesigned by garden designer Nigel Dunnett. The gardens opened to visitors for the first time on 27 May 2021. The scheme was developed to reveal the unique horticultural history of the site at Hospitalfield, which has been tended as a garden for over 800 years. Visit and you can expect to learn more about the medicinal planting of the medieval monastic gardeners and to understand the form and function of the Victorian approach to horticulture, all within a glorious new planting scheme.
There's several statues/sculptures in the gardens.
The 10m (33ft) structure of a female form overlooks the A80 at Cumbernauld.
The artwork was created by artist Andy Scott and named Arria after Arria Fadilla, the mother of Emperor Antoninus.
It was selected following a competition asking locals to suggest a title for its new resident.
Mr Scott has produced several notable public artworks in Scotland, including the M8 Heavy Horse and Falkirk Helix Water Kelpies.
Part of the Cumbernauld Positive Image Project, the sculpture incorporates two large swooping arcs, inspired by the original name for Cumbernauld, "comar nan allt", which means "coming together of waters" in Gaelic.
Its proximity to the motorway means more than 70,000 commuters will see the sculpture every day.
Work to erect the statue began on Tuesday morning took most of the day to complete.
Councillor Gerry McElroy, chairman of the company set up to facilitate the redevelopment of Cumbernauld, said: "After almost a year of waiting she is now complete and looks fantastic.
"We're all really looking forward to driving by her on the main road that bisects Cumbernauld and hope that she becomes an iconic landmark for the town."
Craigalbert road Eastfield Cemetery Cumbernauld G60 3AS
The 10m (33ft) structure of a female form overlooks the A80 at Cumbernauld.
The artwork was created by artist Andy Scott and named Arria after Arria Fadilla, the mother of Emperor Antoninus.
It was selected following a competition asking locals to suggest a title for its new resident.
Mr Scott has produced several notable public artworks in Scotland, including the M8 Heavy Horse and Falkirk Helix Water Kelpies.
Part of the Cumbernauld Positive Image Project, the sculpture incorporates two large swooping arcs, inspired by the original name for Cumbernauld, "comar nan allt", which means "coming together of waters" in Gaelic.
Its proximity to the motorway means more than 70,000 commuters will see the sculpture every day.
Work to erect the statue began on Tuesday morning took most of the day to complete.
Councillor Gerry McElroy, chairman of the company set up to facilitate the redevelopment of Cumbernauld, said: "After almost a year of waiting she is now complete and looks fantastic.
"We're all really looking forward to driving by her on the main road that bisects Cumbernauld and hope that she becomes an iconic landmark for the town."
A sculpture by Thomas Bayliss Huxley-Jones, completed in 1947, and located outside Provost Skene's House, just off Broad Street, in Aberdeen.
Huxley-Jones was born at Staffordshire and studied at the Wolverhampton School of Art from 1924 to 1929 and then, until 1933, at the Royal College of Art in London where his tutors included both Gilbert Ledward and Henry Moore. After graduating, Huxley-Jones held the post of head of sculpture at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen.
Working in bronze, ivory and terracotta, Huxley-Jones exhibited statuettes and reliefs at the Royal Academy, at the Royal Scottish Academy, at the New English Art Club, with the Society of Scottish Artists and the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.[ Huxley-Jones received a large number of public commissions for his sculptures, which were often elegant compositions with a smooth surface and a simple profile.
These public works include the statue of Helios at BBC Television Centre in London and the 1963 Joy of Life Fountain in London's Hyde Park, He also created Mother and Child for Chelmsford's Central Park Memorial Gardens which won an award from the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1966 and was renovated in 2009.
Huxley-Jones was married to the artist Gwynneth Holt and lived at Chelmsford in Essex and died at near there, at Broomfield. Aberdeen and Wolverhampton art galleries hold examples of his work. Letters to Huxley-Jones from the architect Graham Richards Dawbarn are preserved at the Essex Record Office.
World-renowned artist Andy Scott, creator of the Kelpies sculpture in Falkirk, added his stamp to Aberdeen’s renovated Marischal Square with a new piece of artwork, leopard/‘Poised’. Scott, who has also created pieces for cities including New York, Chicago and Sydney, was commissioned by Muse Developers and Aviva Investors to come up with a piece of public artwork for the site. His leopard sculpture, poised to pounce, is constructed from steel, weighs more than two tonnes and stands 15 metres high, atop a plinth in the atrium in the heart of Marischal Square.
The pair of heads, known as The Kelpies, are the work of Glasgow artist Andy Scott – and it was a former rescue horse named Baron, rehabilitated by the charity World Horse Welfare, who was one of two horses used as models for the massive steel artwork.
The Kelpies are 30-metre-high (98 ft) horse-head sculptures depicting kelpies (shape-shifting water spirits), located between Falkirk and Grangemouth, but the Kelpies themselves are situated in Grangemouth, standing next to an extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near the River Carron, in The Helix, a parkland project built to connect sixteen communities in the Falkirk Council Area, Scotland. The sculptures were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and were completed in October 2013
The sculptures were opened to the public in April 2014. As part of the project, they have their own visitors‘ centre, and sit beside a newly developed canal turning pool and extension. This canal extension reconnects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the River Forth, and improves navigation between the East and West of Scotland.
The horse heads are part of a £40 million project funded by The Big Lottery Fund to transform an area of industrial land into a public space, which backers hope will prove to be a major tourist attraction.
The artwork is based on the mythical Scots Legend of water-based spirits, or kelpies, but it was Baron and his mate, Duke, who were the real-life models used by Scot
Metal dolphin sculpture by artist Andy Scott, installed in 2004 adjacent to the boardwalk on the seafront at Stonehaven, Scotland. Dolphins are often to be seen in the sea off Stonehaven.
This sculpture can be found at Grandholm Village, Aberdeen.
Grandholm Village was built by Cala Homes on the site of a former mill Aberdeen City Council instructed Cala Homes to provide a suitable artwork for the area. The commission was awarded to Andy Scott Public Art of Glasgow.
The sculpture was created by Andy Scott and his assistant at the time, George Potter, and took around 6 months to complete, being installed on site in 2005.
The theme chosen was one of a female figure to represent a kind of 'Mother Earth ' figure. She is draped in a steel 'fabric' to represent the cloth weave of the Crombie Textile Mills, which once occupied the site.
The big cats or leopards are representative of those incorporated in the city of Aberdeen's coat of arms.
The pair of heads, known as The Kelpies, are the work of Glasgow artist Andy Scott – and it was a former rescue horse named Baron, rehabilitated by the charity World Horse Welfare, who was one of two horses used as models for the massive steel artwork.
The Kelpies are 30-metre-high (98 ft) horse-head sculptures depicting kelpies (shape-shifting water spirits), located between Falkirk and Grangemouth, but the Kelpies themselves are situated in Grangemouth, standing next to an extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near the River Carron, in The Helix, a parkland project built to connect sixteen communities in the Falkirk Council Area, Scotland. The sculptures were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and were completed in October 2013
The sculptures were opened to the public in April 2014. As part of the project, they have their own visitors‘ centre, and sit beside a newly developed canal turning pool and extension. This canal extension reconnects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the River Forth, and improves navigation between the East and West of Scotland.
The horse heads are part of a £40 million project funded by The Big Lottery Fund to transform an area of industrial land into a public space, which backers hope will prove to be a major tourist attraction.
The artwork is based on the mythical Scots Legend of water-based spirits, or kelpies, but it was Baron and his mate, Duke, who were the real-life models used by Scot
John Lennon statue in Matthew Street, Liverpool. Clearly influenced by the photo on the cover of his 1975 Rock 'n' Roll album.
If you zoom in you can make out the names of some of the very many bands that have performed at the Cavern Club over the years.
This Journey’s End Mary Wood Roundabout, Clackmannan (A907) Installed - August 2009 ‘This Journeys End’ features two figures standing proudly on two sides of steel, with their hands bridging the gap between two shores. The male figure is holding a crown, a feature from Clackmannanshire’s heraldic coat of arms, and the female holds a draped circle of twenty three stars representing solidarity and harmony with the people of the European Union. The statue was designed to mark the opening of the new Clackmannanshire Bridge.
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This is another great piece of work by the acclaimed Glasgow artist, Andy Scott.
As well as in his native Scotland, Andy Scott's public art can be found in Belfast, Brisbane and Spain.
Lifeline Shillinghill Roundabout, Alloa Installed - April 2011 ‘Lifeline’ is Andy’s most recent piece to be installed in Alloa Town Centre. Lifeline stands at just under eight metres high and is the largest of the works in the area. Lifeline takes the shape of a giant hand, taken from the gauntlet on Clackmannanshire’s coat of arms, and supports the figures of a woman and child. This statue pays tribute to all the emergency services who put their own lives in danger to help others. The work also features the words of renowned Scottish poet Jim Carruth ‘Life-line Reach Out, Hold, Close, Cradle, Cushion, Shelter, Protect, Support, Lift Up.’
Rio is a bronze sculpture created by the pre-eminent Scottish artist Eduardo Paolozzi (1924 – 2005) on loan to Hospitalfield from the Hunterian in Glasgow. We are delighted to be collaborating with the team at The Hunterian, University of Glasgow to make this major loan possible with the support of The Paolozzi Foundation. Commissioned in 1964 by the Dundee collector of surrealist art, Gabrielle Keiller, the work is an outstanding example of Paolozzi’s art works exploring the connections between humans and machines.
Rio is in the Garden at Hospitalfield until October 2023. Rio is the Annual Sculpture Exhibition for 2022-23. The Garden at Hospitalfield is open from Thursday – Sunday, 10am – 4pm.
This life size replica of Highland cow (Scottish breed of long haired cattle) stands in Tollcross Park, in the courtyard of the old east lodge off Wellshot Road, which leads to the children’s animal farm. One of many Andy Scott sculptures in the Glasgow area.
It was commissioned for Tollcross Children’s Farm and the Friends of Tollcross Park.
The work, "Rise", is said to symbolise modernity rising from the city's maritime past.
It was created by Andy Scott, the sculptor responsible for "The Heavy Horse" on the M8.
He is also working on two 100ft-high "Kelpies" which will function as a boat lift in the Falkirk area.
The new harbour sculpture is made of shining galvanized steel and is visible from the nearby Clydeside Expressway.
Mr Scott said: "I hope people respect and appreciate the craft and skill that's gone into it.
"I'm very proud of Glasgow and I'm a great advocate for the city.
"I'm in awe, almost, of its industrial heritage and if I have reflected that then it will have been a job well done.
"For me, it symbolises the community as a whole."
"Rise" will be unveiled by Glasgow City Council leader, Councillor Steven Purcell.
He said: "Public art is very important to a city, and this work by Andy Scott, a local artist with a growing international reputation, is a wonderful example.
"It makes a stunning sight at Glasgow Harbour and I'm sure it will be hugely popular with the people of Glasgow and visitors alike.
"It will also help encourage a sense of civic pride in an area which is destined to become a tourist destination of the highest international standard."
I Can See For miles Station Square, Alloa Installed - May 2008 ‘I Can See For Miles’ emulates Alloa’s regeneration, looking forward to another exciting generation in Alloa’s history. The sculpture features two figures, an adult wearing a flat working man’s cap and a youngster depicting potential through the next generation of workers, business and opportunity for this young child in the former industrial town. Historically, Alloa was an industrial powerhouse, and through Alloa’s harbour coal, beer, glass and textiles were exported throughout the world.
Fox Boy Nova Scotia Gardens, A91, Menstrie Installed - December 2008 ‘Fox Boy’, dressed in trainers and a hoodie top, reflects the local youth, the fox’s head and tail reminds us of those local children who in years gone-by have kept foxes as pets. Under the right hand of the boy is a maple leaf, a tribute to Menstrie’s connection to the colony of Nova Scotia. The buzzard is a reminder of those that are occasionally seen in the nearby woods
This is another great piece of work by the acclaimed Glasgow artist, Andy Scott.
As well as in his native Scotland, Andy Scott's public art can be found in Belfast, Brisbane and Spain.
This 10 foot tall stag, in galvanised steel.Location varies around Scotland,home is the galvanising firm Highland Colour Coaters in Cumbernauld, Scotland, a firm which does a lot of the glavanising of Andy Scott sculptues.
An Andy Scott creation in the West of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow
Sculptor Andy Scott is a graduate of Glasgow School of Art and works internationally from his studio workshop in Philadelphia, PA, USA. He creates prominent public artworks for private, corporate and civic clients, and his prodigious output now numbers in excess of eighty projects internationally.
He works in steel and bronze, combining figurative and equine themes with contemporary techniques to create stunning landmark artworks.
His most prominent project to date is The Kelpies, a pair of 30 meters/100ft high, 300 ton horse heads, sited in Falkirk, Scotland, UK. The Kelpies sculptures are now the best-known public artworks in Scotland, with millions of visitors since their inauguration.
Darn flickr, failed again. Second try. I didn't want to overdo the shots of the "Animals on Bikes" art sculptures on the road between Dubbo and Molong in New South Wales as there are in excess of 50 and many have not been maintained well sadly. I don't think this was was originally intended to have crashed landed, it may have rusted away or been hit by a storm, who knows. I may come back to a few others later on but we certainly only shot a few otherwise we would be still on that lonely road.
This magnificent Robert the Bruce statue was unveiled on the 9 May 2011 and took four years to make. It was sculpted by Alan Beattie Herriot and sits proudly outside the former Marischal College and University buildings which are now used as the Aberdeen City Council Headquarters.
The inscription on the front of the granite plinth says:
Robert the Bruce King of Scots 1306 - 1329
Four key events in the final hours of Jesus’ life are dramatically shown here (from left to right): Peter sheathing his sword after severing the ear of Malchus (seated), the high priest’s servant; Jesus miraculously restoring the ear; Judas betraying Jesus with a kiss; and Roman soldiers arresting Jesus. The compression of these events into one scene with its complex interweaving of figural masses creates a powerful sculptural statement.
In the medieval church the choir screen separated the nave and the choir area. By the thirteenth century these barriers often were decorated with extensive narrative themes, especially the Passion, the dramatic final events in the earthly life of Jesus. Because they hindered participation in church rituals by the laity, most European churches eventually eliminated them. The choir screen at the cathedral in Amiens was destroyed in 1755. This relief is one of the largest and best preserved narrative sculptures to survive.
The Bringer also known as the Springburn Trumpeter by Andy Scott , Cast by Allscot Plastics Ltd. Errected in 1991 to symbolise the recovery of Springburn from the post war collapse in the traditional railway indusries in the area of such well known names and places such as Eastfield, St Rollox, Cowlairs and Hyde Park
Harmony, California, population 18. Located on Highway 1 on the California Central Coast between Cayucos and Cambria.
These cow sculptures were featured in a Cow parade in the California in the Central Coast city of San Luis Obispo and then afterwards they were displayed in various places in San Luis Obispo County.
In the quiet moments just after sunset, two moss-covered statues stand as silent sentinels on the edge of a bustling city. Their green, human-like forms blend with the surrounding nature, creating a moody contrast against the steel and glass of Canary Wharf’s distant skyscrapers.
"Children represent the future and Sanctuary's new-build developments are helping create the future of Cumbernauld.
"Vitruvian Boy is based on the Vitruvian Man sketch by Leonardo Da Vinci, who looked at the work of the famed architect Vitruvius which interprets the basics of scale and proportion.
"The architectural link has obvious connections with the town of Cumbernauld and its liveable aspirations. I hope residents agree Vitruvian Boy is a fitting addition to the town's public art."
Sanctuary Cumbernauld, a subsidiary of Sanctuary Group, is a not-for-profit organisation, providing more than 1750 rented homes for people in Cumbernauld.
Fran Jones, chairwoman of Sanctuary Cumbernauld, said: "Regeneration is about more than mere housing and Vitruvian Boy makes the Fleming Road development even more desirable.
"We are delighted Andy's excellent sculpture is on display."
The Cumbernauld commission is the second time that Sanctuary has employed Andy's talent.