The Friends of the Richmond Beach Library funded this newly installed piece of artwork by Troy Pillow entitled “Tailwind.”
The sculpture commemorates the library’s 10th anniversary in park location (the library was originally built in 1912.)

"Olive" by artists Lynn Ahnen-Turnblom, Sue Williams and Ann Blanch
Meet "Olive" a life-size model of the Puget Sound's Giant Pacific Octopus which is periodically displayed in the the children's area bulletin board, graciously created by artists Lynn Ahnen-Turnblom, Sue Williams and Ann Blanch.

Artist Katherine Hill was commissioned by the Friends of the Richmond Beach Library to create this mural in the children's area in 2010. It is composed of acrylic glaze, pigment and latex.

“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.