“Within the steel is a beautiful being,” Tolley Marney

A lifetime spent among horses and in the natural world infuses Tolley Marney's art with soul.

A self-taught artist, Marney creates his sculptures combining methods of traditional blacksmithing techniques, modern metal working, and woodworking skills. Discarded horseshoes and other reclaimed steel transform under his hands into fluid and twisting lines and shapes that combine to form iconic images of the American West. His lived experience resulted in his organic creation as a form of Neo-Brutalism.

Marney’s sculptures have been featured in the periodicals: Southwest Art and Palm Springs Life. Marney won first prize in the New Jersey Equine Art Expo in 2003. His sculptures have been exhibited in premier art galleries in New York, Palm Springs, La Quinta, Santa Barbara and San Francisco, California, and are in many private collections.

He lives and works in the Southern California desert town of La Quinta (Greater Palm Springs area). California Ornamental Steel license C-231083027