Carl Vanderheyden — Sculpture, Storytelling & the Art Behind Jesus Has a Horse

For more than two decades, Carl Vanderheyden has created large-scale steel sculpture, public art, and custom installations rooted in craftsmanship, imagination, and storytelling.

Years later, that same creative foundation gave rise to Jesus Has a Horse — a children’s art world built on the same values of perseverance, curiosity, and wonder.

Selected Sculptural Works

The horse that sparked the Jesus Has a Horse project by sculptor Carl Vanderheyden
The horse that sparked the Jesus Has a Horse project by sculptor Carl Vanderheyden
The horse that sparked the Jesus Has a Horse project by sculptor Carl Vanderheyden
Steel Horse sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Just one of the many people who have seen Jesus's horse in heaven, yes, he's got one!
Steel Horse sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Steel Horse hooves for a sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Steel Horse sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Steel Horse sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Steel woolly mammoth sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Steel Horse sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Bull moose and calf steel sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Bald eagle sculpture by sculptor Carl Vanderheyden
Blackbear steel sculpture by sculptor Carl Vanderheyden
"Phoenix Rising" 13 foot steel sculpture located at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay by sculptor Carl Vanderheyden
T. Rex sculpture by sculptor Carl Vanderheyden
Multimedia "Eve the Mother of all living" sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Whitetail deer sculpture in the Northwoods of Wisconsin by sculpture Carl Vanderheyden
Alcorn steel sculpture by sculpture Carl Vanderheyden
Thank you note from a grateful mother for the Jesus has a horse art project.
"Phoenix Rising" 13 foot steel sculpture located at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay by sculptor Carl Vanderheyden
Bear claw beginnings of a Kodiak bear sculpture by sculptor Carl Vanderheyden
Bull moose steel sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Bald eagle on a nest over Lake Michigan by sculptor Carl Vanderheyden
Mama, bear and cub going after the world's first and only Harley Davidson exhaust system beehive by sculptor Carl Vanderheyden
Bull moose and calf steel sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Sphere and butterfly steel sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Custom signage sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Foal steel sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Eagle steel sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Abstract steel sculpture by sculptor Carl Vanderheyden
Steel Horse sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Eagle claw beginnings by sculptor, Carl Vanderheyden
Bull elk steel sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Steel woolly mammoth sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Custom stainless steel wall sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
One of the first steel sculptures by Carl Vanderheyden
Memorial Heron on the Shores of Lake, Michigan by sculptor Carl Vanderheyden
Multimedia acrylic polymer wall sculpture by Carl and child artist
Multimedia sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Stainless steel wall sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Multimedia bull moose in finishing stages by sculptor Carl Vanderheyden
Custom University Garden gate  steel sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Multimedia wall sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
The beginnings of a steel sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Mother, bear, and cub steel sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Sculptor Carl Vanderheyden in full working garb
Stainless steel grinder art by sculptor Carl Vanderheyden
Bull moose steel sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Bull moose multimedia sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Custom retro 50s phone booth sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Custom signage sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Steel Horse sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Steel Horse sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Steel Horse sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Steel woolly mammoth sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Custom restaurant signage sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Custom sign steel sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Steel Horse sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Multimedia angel sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Eagle claw beginnings of a steel sculpture by Carl Vanderheyden
Bald eagle on a nest steel sculpture installation by Carl Vanderheyden
Acrylic polymer on canvas Horse sculpture by various children and Carl Vanderheyden