San Antonio ceramist Diana Kersey\u2019s works often involve nature, and her latest public art piece is no exception.<\/p>\n
\u201cCreatures of the Creek: A Fragile Balance,\u201d which can be found downtown in front of Goodwill, comprises two sets of sculptures a few feet apart. Each depicts all kinds of larger-than-life critters native to the San Pedro Creek, which flows just a few blocks away.<\/p>\n
In one, the animals are loose and free, many of them decked with bright red flowers. A turtle kicks back beside a kingfisher, and a gigantic anole lizard is hosting a cardinal on its back while providing shade to a bunny and an armadillo.<\/p>\n
In the other, animals are squished into geometric forms. That includes a great big ball of fish with a crested caracara jutting from one side and a tightly coiled snake on top, as well as insects creeping along a cylinder and a sweet-faced raccoon pressed into a corner.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A crawfish also is tucked into that one, evoking another of Kersey\u2019s public art pieces. Her much larger crawfish is part of the San Pedro Creek Culture Park. The whimsical work stands beside the El Paso Parking Lot.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese sculptures remind us that the way our city grows and changes affects the animals who share our space,\u201d Kersey said in a video she posted to her Instagram page about the installation. \u201cIt asks us to notice the wildlife we may overlook in our daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Gallery:\u00a0<\/p>\n
The public art piece is near the corner of Commerce and Santa Rosa streets.<\/p>\n
The Work:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCreatures of the Creek: A Fragile Balance\u201d<\/p>\n
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