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12 Wind Sculptures
Date created: 2013
Category:
Outdoor Sculpture
Medium(s):
Copper
;
Steel
The goal of this commission was to tie together the 1.9 mile long avenue that runs through the center of El Cerrito CA. We created 12 abstract wind sculptures that reflect the city’s diverse ever involving culture. Each one is fabricated out of...
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Asymetric Chair
Category:
Functional
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Outdoor Sculpture
;
Street Furniture
Medium(s):
Steel
Asymetric Chair by Colin Selig is a unique chair, manufactured in California from regionally sourced scrap propane tanks and is 99% post-consumer reused content. From artist’s website: “Colin’s sculpting practice is focused on creating climate...
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Bean Love Seat
Category:
Functional
;
Outdoor Sculpture
Medium(s):
Metal
;
Recycled Materials
;
Steel
In 2015, Colin Selig created Bean Love Seat as functional metal sculpture from repurposed steel propane tanks. The artwork is located close to Theatre Square in Orinda. Sources: https://www.colinselig.com/installations/public.html...
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Black Diamond
Category:
Outdoor Sculpture
Medium(s):
Cast Iron
;
Iron
;
Metal
;
Steel
In 1995, the Joaquin Murrieta Chapter 13 of E Clampus Vitus dedicated Black Diamond. The Ore Cart monument is a tribute to Black Diamond and the miners who extracted the coal from the Mt. Diablo foothills from 1860 to 1911. Sources:...
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California Dream
Category:
Outdoor Sculpture
Medium(s):
Steel
Larry Stefl became especially attracted to the abstract art scene of the San Francisco Bay Area, and made his trek to Berkeley, California in the late 70s, in order to pursue an art degree. The “California Dream” sculpture is located at the Orinda...
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DROP
Date created: 2010
Category:
Outdoor Sculpture
Medium(s):
Aluminum
;
Light/Neon
;
Steel
The significance and splendor of water, as visualized in the form of an iridescent drop, is the primary impetus for Drop, which serves as a welcoming beacon to visitors of Prewett Family Park in Antioch, California. The iconic work of art stands 35...
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Future's Past
Artist: Kate Raudenbush
Date created: 2010
Category:
Interactive
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Outdoor Sculpture
Medium(s):
Aluminum
;
Steel
Created by artist Kate Raudenbush, Future’s Past is a monument to man’s technological advancement has been mysteriously abandoned to time and left to seed. In its place, a monument to nature grows out of its fertile ground. The angular black...
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Intersect in Red
Category:
Outdoor Sculpture
Medium(s):
Metal
;
Steel
Constructed from 7 tapered steel cylinders, this monumental, free-standing sculpture with its vibrant, high-gloss red paint. welcomes people to the city as it stands at one of the major gateways to Walnut Creek. It acts as a beacon for people...
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Lips Love Seat
Category:
Installation
;
Street Furniture
Medium(s):
Steel
Colin Selig’s Lips Love Seat is a unique bench, manufactured in California from regionally sourced scrap propane tanks and is 99% post-consumer reused content. Colin’s sculpting practice is focused on creating climate conscious site elements for...
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Moving Richmond
Category:
Outdoor Sculpture
Medium(s):
Steel
Renowned Bay Area sculptor and mixed-media artist Mildred Howard created the artwork on the parking garage in Richmond’s mass-transit hub complex. Two 12’x40′ weathering-steel billboards feature the poetry of local luminary Ishmael Reed and recall...
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Niloticus
Date created: 2019
Category:
Mosaic/Relief
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Outdoor Sculpture
Medium(s):
Cement
;
Ceramic
;
Glass
;
Steel
Niloticus is a 40 foot long mosaic crocodile is one of the largest mosaic sculptures created by artist Peter Hazel. The color scheme of the project is a celebration of color on the Playa — cobalt, Caribbean blue, and emerald green are the...
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Nouveau Victorian Chair
Category:
Functional
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Outdoor Sculpture
;
Street Furniture
Medium(s):
Steel
In 2015, Colin Selig created Nouveau Victorian Chair as functional metal sculpture from reused steel propane tanks. The artwork is located close to Theatre Square in Orinda. Sources:...
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One Corporate Centre (Back)
Category:
Outdoor Sculpture
Medium(s):
Steel
Metal sculpture by unknown artist located at the One Corporate Centre in Concord. Source: corporatecentre.net
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One Corporate Centre (Front)
Category:
Outdoor Sculpture
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Water Feature/Fountain
Medium(s):
Steel
Metal sculpture by unknown artist located at the One Corporate Centre in Concord. Source: corporatecentre.net
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RAWR
Artist: Joyce Hsu
Category:
Outdoor Sculpture
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Street Furniture
Medium(s):
Aluminum
;
Plastic
;
Steel
Rawr is a series of sculptures by Oakland artist Joyce Hsu. Tall tales and fantasies help us learn and mature into adults, though somewhere along the way, we sacrifice our imagination and belief in magic. About these Sculptures With her eclectic and...
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Sound Explosion
Category:
Installation
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Outdoor Sculpture
Medium(s):
Metal
;
Steel
Danielle Satinover created the public artwork Sound Explosion as a permanent installation at the Orinda Library. From Art Space Orinda: “San Francisco-based sculptor and art educator Danielle Satinover works primarily with metals and industrial...
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Sphere 90
Category:
Outdoor Sculpture
Medium(s):
Metal
;
Steel
Ivan McLean’s Sphere and Disc sculptures appear to have grown on their own, assembling themselves from large numbers of individual steel elements, which magically organize into intricate, chaotic patterns like the cells of a complex organism. Of...
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String of Pearls
Category:
Indoor Sculpture
Medium(s):
Paper
;
Steel
Ann Weber has exhibited throughout Northern California. She was an artist in residence at de Young Museum in San Francisco and at Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga. She was featured on Spark!, KQED’s program about Bay Area artists. She has public...
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Sundance II
Category:
Outdoor Sculpture
Medium(s):
Metal
;
Steel
In 1991, Roger Barr created a 2-ton polished steel sculpture titled Sundance Spring for a commercial development called Pacific Springs in Santa Fe Springs, CA. Sundance II resembles that sculpture. Source:...
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Tarabuco
Category:
Outdoor Sculpture
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Painting
Medium(s):
Steel
In 2021, William Wareham created Tarabuco. The work is a painted steel sculpture of interlocking geometric and curved planes featuring bold black markings on a white surface. Source: https://www.williamwareham.com/
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The Bee Effect
Category:
Installation
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Outdoor Sculpture
Medium(s):
Steel
Chandra Cerrito / Art Advisors” “Oldham and Coltrin’s artwork, The Bee Effect, is a delightful landmark at the prominent corner of Pringle and North California Boulevard. Visible from nearby streets, sidewalks, and the BART train, this...
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Windows of History
Category:
Outdoor Sculpture
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Sculpture
Medium(s):
Metal
;
Steel
The Windows of History public artwork located in Antioch. Sources: https://www.antiochca.gov/1035/Public-Art New public art at Antioch park does not tap into city funds
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