John Lopez, Sculptor
South Dakotan sculptor John Lopez creates life-sized scrap metal sculptures with a uniquely Western American twist. In his hands, old discarded farm equipment is recycled into sculptures of iconic creatures from the American West like a bison, a horse plowing a field, or a Texas Longhorn.
Lopez already had a career as a bronze sculptor, but after creating a family grave for his deceased aunt using scrap metal, he began creating recycled metal sculptures out of found or donated pieces of metal as well.
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Those are really cool. Did you see the "wing" on the first buffalo?
Excellent collection ... Very imaginative and detailed workmanship .
It's like a three-dimensional Salvador Dali!
That stainless steel horse is just amazingly real looking. It looks like it might run away any moment.
There is a short story by Roger Zelazny, probably my favorite science fiction writer, that has a mechanical horse in it. When I saw that horse, the story came to mind. Darn it, I can't remember the name of the story. I must have read it 30 years ago, but that stainless steel horse by Lopez is almost exactly what I imagined when I read the story. I imagined the mechanical horse as I was reading the story and I was surprised to find that photo. It's always fun to have something you imagined like this show up in real life.
I don't know, Ambi. I couldn't find that title in his bio.