She gazes upon a grizzled old gentlemen on the park bench directly opposite her.
The following text is taken off Artmeister.com's website and says the following about the artist Howard Garnitz:
Howard Garnitz studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Art, the Chicago Art Institute and the University of Illinois. His work has been featured in fine galleries in the United States and abroad-and in museum collections such as the New Britain Museum of American Art. His sculptures also appear in public installations such as the Fourth and Blanchard Towers in Seattle, Washington. Numerous publications have pictured his works: Placemakers, National Geographic's America's Spectacular Northwest, Art in Seattle's Public Places are a few.
"Since childhood I have had a fascination for figurative art; and life as I saw it. Facial expressions, body language and attitudes; millions of people, each one different. I drew them, painted them, used models-and created new people from my imagination. I continued in this vein until I discovered the third dimension - sculpture! I was now able to discard illusion, to create physical attitudes to be seen and touched from every angle."
"What a delight when the viewer smiles at a piece of my work, when they recognize someone they know, or even themselves in happiness or perhaps sorrow."
"This is my work, this is what I do - in steel, ceramic, bronze or resin - these are my people. I've produced them from table to life-size."