High Tide - Pier 21, Galveston, TX
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jhuoni
N 29° 18.594 W 094° 47.575
15R E 325878 N 3243653
Located near the loading area for the several boat tours at Galveston's Pier 21.
Waymark Code: WM108HZ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/21/2019
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A shirtless young man, dungarees is oddly perched atop of a piling. He is hand feeding two seagulls, one with each hand. His hair is tossed and he has a toothy smile.
There are THREE seagulls in the photo. Two are bronze and just happened to photo bomb my picture.
It should be noted that it is generally frowned upon to feed the seagulls in this area.
From Galveston.com: High Tide (
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"High Tide" depicts a young man reaching up to feed seagulls. This bronze statue by Charles Parks, installed in 1992, is the third casting of a 1985 work from the Laran Bronze Foundry in Chester, PA.
Charles Parks' other sculptures can be found from Stockholm to San Francisco. The artist was interested in the inherent beauty of growing things, which he emphasized in his portraitures, liturgical figures, and animal sculptures.
About Charles Parks: (
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Biography
Charles Parks was born in Onancock, Virginia in 1922. He served in the Air Force during World War II, before getting an education at University of Delaware and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Parks and his wife, Inge, created the Charles Parks foundation in 2003. In 2011 the Parks family donated approximately 290 sculptures from Charles Parks' private collection to the State of Delaware, in the hope they would be displayed to the public.
Parks died in Wilmington, Delaware on October 25, 2012 age 90. Delaware governor, Jack Markell, described Parks as "an extraordinarily talented artist and sculptor whose life work made an impact on so many".
In April 2013 thirteen of Parks' sculptures were exhibited at the First State Heritage Park Welcome Centre and Galleries, organised by the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs.