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Artwork at the Richmond Beach Library
Artwork for the library was purchased with funds from the Friends of the Richmond Beach Library and the King County Library System. The Friends raised money by selling engraved paver-tiles installed outside the meeting room doors. The artwork includes a conceptual hanging piece by Virginia Paquette and two bronze sculptures by Robert Cooke: a climbing frog and a raven with a book. Come visit our wonderful library!
“Stoneman Family” by Barry Namm
Funded by an anonymous donation through the KCLS Foundation, and the Friends of the Richmond Beach Library.
Stones of various shapes and colors are vertically assembled to create Barry Namm's "Stoneman” fountains. These compelling sculptures are reminiscent of the ancient stones found on Easter Island. The integrated grouping of single fountains becomes an allegory to the interaction of the "Family of Man."
“Read-It Bullfrog” and “Raven With
Book”
by Robert W. Cooke
Funded by a gift from the Friends of the Richmond Beach Library and the King
County Library System.
These life-size bronze sculptures invite patrons to touch their polished surfaces.
Robert is a local artist whose work has graced several King County Library
System branches, and his piece “Beach Launch” is located at Brackett’s
Landing in Edmonds.
“Foglie,
Foglio” by Virginia Paquette (picture)
Funded by the Friends of the Richmond Beach Library and the King County Library
System.
Virginia Paquette is a local artist who grew up in Richmond Beach. Her artwork,
entitled Foglie, Foglio, represent the leaves
of a tree evolving into the leaves (which are folded to create pages) of a book.
The six simplified abstracted shapes of leaves start at the window, where it
is possible to see leaves outside, and tumble throughout the space to a place
where the leaves become more like a book—in the midst of the library. It
is plasma-cut and rolled aluminum.
“Woman Sitting” by Sandra Zeiset Richardson [picture]
Funded by an anonymous donor through the KCLS Foundation, and the Friends of
the Richmond Beach Library.
Sandra Zeiset Richardson is a local northwest artist whose ceramic work has
been featured at the Foster White Gallery. Her recent metal garden figures
have been featured at the Northwest Flower and Garden show as well as the Birtschie
School in Capital Hill in the form of gates. These metal garden sculptures
are laser-cut in steel and allowed to patina naturally in the elements.
"Warmth: Giant Black Toobs"
Check out the recent one-day art installation of "Warmth: Giant Black Toobs" by Susan Robb at the Richmond Beach Community ParkIn "Warmth, Giant Black Toobs", artist Susan Robb harnesses solar power and ambient breezes to give life to the ever-present plastic bag. Polypropylene bags up to 80 feet tall, aka "Toobs", are inflated with aid of the wind and staked to the ground. The air inside each Toob is heated by the sun, producing buoyancy and movement.
At the end of the day, the Toobs start to deflate. However, kids think that the slightly-flattened Toobs are still a lot of fun. This interactive art display was installed at the Richmond Beach Community Park on September 23, 2009.
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Last Updated:
September 25, 2009