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| Note the doll on the little girl’s back and the baby on the mother’s back. |
I had lunch with a friend Friday. I stopped at Centennial Park on the way back to the office to snap some photographs of the park. On my way back to my car I passed a set of bronze sculptures installed on a traffic island. I found it totally charming. The artist is John Gooden of Kingfisher, Oklahoma. It turns out that the traffic island is a park called Medicine Wheel Park.
The installation is called “Games on the Way” and it shows a mother carrying a baby walking on a path accompanied by a little girl carrying her own baby and a boy playing “Shoot the Hoop.” Everybody is smiling and they seem in total harmony with each other.
The sculptures are sponsored by the Indian Health Care Center of Tulsa and it is meant to outline their approach to care as nurture: “An embracing approach to care to strengthen physical, emotional, mental and spiritual wellness within a family.”
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| All photos are HDR processed. Without it the sculptures are just big dark colored blobs. With it you can see the details. |
And who can argue with that?
I love coming on unexpected finds like this.
Have you come upon something great lately? Tell us about it.
It is a great find, thanks for sharing it with us. I just posted a cute find yesterday at one of our city lakes. It’s always fun to see what’s out there, waiting for us.
A great find indeed and I surely can’t argue with that either!! Wonderful shots for the weekend! Have a great one!!!
I LOVE the compositon of the last image. Really well done Yogi.
I have driven by and seen these from the street but never stopped for a closer look. Well done friend.
Tulsa seems to have the most wonderful sculptures – lucky you who live there. Thanks for showing the detail of the models – I am in awe of artists who have this ability.
Wonderful that you shared these photos…and enjoyed reading your narrative Yogi
I saw them installing the other day but the statues were in black plastic at the time. I have to drive that way to the office on Tuesday to check it out. Lovely!
I love statues! Yours are great!
An interesting little park. Fun to find the unexpected.
It’s fun to go somewhere that you know is going to be wonderful — planning to take pictures, but it is even more fun to stumble on something photo worthy and worth remembering forever. I will try to remember that HDR processing trick.