Public Art

Taking the Heat

A life-size firefighter standing proudly with one of the Fire Department’s trusted comrades “Chief” the firehouse dog. He is in uniform shirt, bunker pants with suspenders and department issue boots. The firefighter’s leg is resting on a fire hose while holding his helmet in one hand and his turnout coat in the other. “Chief”  is …

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Ode to the West Wind

“Ode to the West Wind” is located on the mezzanine level of the Buell Theatre and is a series of seven ceramic tile panels on a 150′ curved wall. Air, changing light, clouds, and plant forms appear and reappear throughout the mural. The Wild Iris, native to Colorado, is a recurrent motif. 

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Medallions

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Juntos / Together

Panels were created using inspiration from neighborhood and recreation center activities.

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Jesters

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Water Friends

At Play and Water Friends are a group of amusing murals at the Congress Park pool. They depict children enjoying water and field sports. Water Friends is 8 feet by 6 feet and is painted onto a brick structure near the pool. At Play is 13.5 feet x 14 feet and is found within the pool house. It is …

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Parked Perspectives

Park Perspectives consists of two installations. The first is a set of four pieces at the East side of Congress on the West side of Congress Park Playground. Both pieces have a bronze inscription. One is over-sized, the other is miniature, on a child’s scale. This setting of functional seating suggests the diversity of people using …

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Chaffee Park Flowers

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Colorado Vacationland

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Colorado Panorama: A People’s History

Ceramic tile mural composed of abstracted computer digitized photographs of figure from the history of Colorado.

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