Thomas Ostenberg was born in Nebraska, grew up on a ranch in Colorado and spent his teenage years between Colorado and Florida. He works primarily in bronze. The power and durability of his finished pieces belie his approach to the medium, which is quite fluid and intuitive. “Sometimes I will have a bit of clay or wax in my hand, and by playing with this lump, some image or other just begins to appear.” Ostenberg’s sculpture has been called joyful and magical, words not often applied to contemporary art. The works contain human figures and/or frequently horses, on a variety of ladders, wheels and spheres, performing acrobatics and balancing acts much like those associated with the circus.