Esther Benedict is a nationally renowned artist, and is internationally breaking ground. She is thrilled you’re here and welcomes you to her Web site! Come on in and see the excitement and enthusiasm of her work!

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Esther is self taught and the beginnings came from many years of making hot, handmade horse shoes as an AFA certified farrier. She turned her talents to sculpting after 16 years of farrier work.

Esther developed the line-sculpture. “It came from the need to have my hands on the piece from start to finish…to be able to put the heart and soul in to it.”

Since her beginnings in sculpture 19 years, ago Esther has also enjoyed other styles of sculpting from direct hands-on, one-of-a-kind metal pieces to traditional cast bronze works.

Esther shows her work at galleries and shows across the country. Her works are all over the United States and abroad. She has specialized in horses and wildlife over the years, and now is blending in more to human figurative works.

“It’s incredible to see cold hard metal come to life. I love to see people walk up, interact with a life-size piece, and know just a short time ago it was cold, straight rods.”

Artist's Statement

As a sculptor, it is fascinating to look from a unique three-dimensional angle and see how life just leaps out. It is in this looking that the vision comes.

The vision is strong. It’s touchable and already in the third dimension in my mind. It comes to me as a gift and it begs to be shared with others. Excitement fills my spirit and a powerful energy wells up and bursts forth through guided hands to deliver the gift. The vision becomes tangible as it develops into a cold, still sculpture, yet exudes the telling emotion that I feel. The strength and presence is alive here and the excitement continues to grow.

As I move clay by hand or steel with flame, pushing, shaping and forming, the sculpture takes on a life of its own. This is a vision welcomed to the earthly plane. I stand back with amazement. I welcome it with my eyes in awe of what has happened before me. There is one step further and that is to share the formed vision with another who, with their eyes, sees the soul and life of what was purely imagination. The strength and longevity of these sculptures will outlive me. The observers can visit these sculptures for years. In the viewing of the sculpture, there is a touching of souls, the experience of a common emotion shared with another, and a chance to bring someone to the place where I have been to create this piece.

Imagination revealed…. imagine that!