A MONUMENTAL HERITAGE
The towering Percheron draft horse, symbolic of the resilient spirit of the Colorado plains, is the successful collaboration of Norwood Development and sculptor Andy Scott.
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BY JILL NOVOTNY
n the expansive eastern horizon
community that shares its name, Percheron, and
of Colorado Springs, where the
serves as a timeless tribute to the resilient spirit
prairie begins its slow rise toward
that first tamed this land.
the distant mountains, a power-
The intersection of Woodmen Road and
ful new landmark has taken its
Banning Lewis Parkway, once a landscape defined
permanent post. It is a striking
by the vast, historic Banning Lewis Ranches, is now the site of the towering symbol. The choice of
Percheron draft horse forged in steel, named
artist, Andy Scott, was as intentional as the choice
“Belle.” This magnificent sculpture, commissioned
of subject. The Scottish sculptor is internationally
by Norwood Development Group, is more than
celebrated for his colossal, figurative works, par-
just a grand piece of public art; it marks a new
ticularly his equine subjects, which include the
PHOTO RICHARD SELDOMRIDGE
figure: a fifteen-foot-tall, five-thousand-pound
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