Palm Beach Showcases Sculptures Grand and Small February 20, 2010 – Posted in: Press

By M.M. Cloutier
Published: February 20, 2010
Palm Beach Daily News
Spring, with an armload of flowers as it stands sentinel with stone comrades Fall, Winter and Summer, greets strollers in Worth Avenue’s Via Parigi. Giant red, white and blue triangles punctuate a Sunday drive along South Ocean Boulevard.

You don’t have to step into one of Palm Beach’s galleries — although that’s always a treat — to be enriched by three-dimensional visual art.

Plein-air sculptures abound — from large-scale contemporary works to bronze figures to garden statuary — in public places.

Whether they’re works designed for the town or those positioned outdoors, thanks to a cultural organization’s art collection or a Palm Beacher’s inclination to beautify, they grace streetsides, vias and Intracoastal-side perches. One can wax philosophically about this — how these sculptural pieces add depth and character to the community and arouse our thinking – but really, aren’t they fun to look at?