Untitled Scultpure - Yreka, CA - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

Located within the Native American Heritage Park on Miner Street is a metal sculpture sculpted by local artist Ralph Starritt. Starritt has sculpted many metal sculptures in Yreka and in Southern Oregon and other parts of Northern California. This sculpture is untitled and portrays a Native American family. The man is shooting a bow and arrow, the woman is making food and the child seems to be playing. All three figures invite the viewer to walk around the sculpture and pick out the details that the artist has tried to convey in the metalwork. Many of Starritt's sculptures are untitled like this one and I'm assuming it is intentional so that the viewer can create his own title for each of his works.

There is a web link that highlights artist Ralph Starritt and reads:

Ralph was born and educated in California. He earned an Associate of Arts degree from Shasta Community College in Redding CA. and went on to study at the Academy of arts in San Francisco where he focused on illustration, design, sculpture, cartooning and photography. He studied mechanics at the Oregon Institute of Technology where he learned to weld and use many metals. It turned out to be a turning point when the Jaycees of Yreka commissioned him to create The Miner, in downtown Yreka, CA from scrap metal. This brought new recognition to Ralph's art.

I have waymarked other Ralph Starritt sculptures, one of Peter Britt, a well-known pioneer of Jacksonville, OR and which resides in front of the BrittFest outdoor venue and another of a patriotic Eagle in Flight within Veterans Park in downtown Dorris. Starritt's work has become a fixture in towns and cities across Southern Oregon and Northern California. He has definitely mastered the art of welded steel and his works fit in well with the terrain and environments they are placed in, i.e., the 'rustic' nature of many of the communities of the Pacific Northwest.

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Untitled Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Ralph Starritt Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: Unknown Materials used: Welded steel Location: Native American Heritage Park

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Date Logged Log User Rating   05/28/2013 sbcamper visited it