This is one of several larger than life bronze sculptures created by Arizona sculptor John Henry Waddell in the 1970s. It reaches towards a tree in front of the Herberger Theatre. The entire group of sculptures is called “Dance,” yet this particular figure appears to be celebrating nature itself. It seems to be reaching into the huge branches just beyond reach. By exposing for the sky, I create abstract silhouettes of both the tree and the figure, allowing shape and gesture to speak instead of detail. (To see an image I made of another silhouetted figure in this statuary group in 2007, click on this link:
http://www.pbase.com/image/77956421 )