Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 4035 WIND DANCER Artist: H. W. Tatum, Jr. (Corpus Christi, TX) Type: Sculpture Materials: bronze, granite; base: concrete, stain, stainless steel railing Size: 19.25 x 12.5 feet Location: 2930 Ocean Dr; 78404 Cole Park Cost: $275,000 Year: 2013 Donation: Devary Durrill Foundation The artist states that the wind in the Coastal Bend is a powerful force of nature. It’s the result of the warm moist Gulf breezes running headlong into the hot, dry wild horse desert. You either love it or hate it. The Wind Dancer loves it. She is the woman in the waves, the reflection that looks back from an azure sea, and the wave crest that reaches up and kisses the sky. She is a sail’s bend in the wind as it pulls you along, gliding across the bay. If you listen you can hear her say, “Come on, let’s dance!” The wind flows through her fingers and hair and caresses her face. She smiles as she bends into the wind. She is calm, confident and comfortable in her own skin. Her body form flows into the wave form like a figurehead on the bow of a ship. PROTECTING…SERVING… CARING Artist: Lynda Jones (Corpus Christi, TX) Type: Mural Materials: recycled ½ inch sintered glass tiles Size: 110 feet Location: 3312 Leopard St; 78408 Fire Station #5, Exterior Cost: $17,770 Year: 2014 Purchase: Arts & Cultural Commission The artist intentionally designed her artwork to represent the character, dignity, function and identity of the Corpus Christi Fire Department’s Fire Station #5. She used firemen currently housed at the station as her models to design the larger than life-sized firemen holding a fire hose with water shooting across the building to capture how firemen would truly appear while fighting fire. A sunset is behind the water and a silhouette of the Corpus Christi downtown skyline floats on the water. The piece spans two middle sections of the fire station building. THE GREAT HERON Artist: DIXIE FRIEND GAY Type: Sculpture Materials: cor-ten steel, stainless steel Size: 23.8 feet high, 6 feet wide, 30 feet long Location: 2446 N. Oso Parkway; 78414 Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve & Learning Center Cost: $100,000 Year: 2015 Commission: Arts & Cultural Commission A larger than life heron greets visitors as they enter the Oso Bay Preserve & Learning Center. The majority of this sculpture is made of cor-ten steel, a weathering steel material specifically designed to encase the sculpture with a protective coating of rust. The body of the sculpture is made of large panels of the weathering steel which forms the structure and shape of the heron. The layered panels and the gaps in between emulate feathers and several kinetic features can be seen as the head and chest feathers bounce and sway in the wind. The shining stainless steel fish in the heron’s beak offers a nice contrast against the rust color of the bird. 76. 77. 78.