"This is a 12-foot tall sculpture of a balloon-like humanoid that look's like he's running. The sculpture will sit on top of a platform 20 feet above the parking lot. Its highly-visible presence will function as a landmark to guide people to this active transit hub.
"The figure of a balloon man running is a fresh representation of "anyman" and can be easily visually resolved by viewers of any age. Its content is humorous and thoughtful," artist Seam O'Meallie said.
O'Meallie is from New Orleans, LA. He studied art at the University of New Orleans. While there, he was assistant to the noted artist, Ida Kohlmeyer. Since 1977 he has lived in Colorado.
O'Meallie taught studio art at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs for nine years and for ten years was a toy inventor based out of New York, NY, creating toy concepts for the international marketplace.
Sculptures and exhibits
O'Meallie's sculptures have been exhibited and toured in the U.S. and Europe. His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Art & Design in New York, The Decorative Arts Museum in Little Rock, Arkansas, The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, and The Sangre de Cristo Arts Center in Pueblo.
His Cowboy Pajamas (WM9NRZ (
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In 2011, O'Meallie created The Manitou Chair Project, a half-mile long outdoor installation utilizing the people, townscape and possessions of the residents of Manitou Springs.
His work is included in the college text, Launching The Imagination.
"In my work I usually draw on intellectual, visual and spatial opportunities presented by circumstance to communicate possibility. In this, I employ the semiotics of popular culture, human perception and habituation in self-conscious ways," he said." (from (
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"This 12-foot high white Forton sculpture is poised atop a 20-foot pillar and oriented toward the Central Park Station, as if he was running to catch the train. At programmed intervals at night, the sculpture will be bathed in a series of soft colors from LED lights. At one moment, it will appear to be blue, a few moments later it will transition to green, then red, etc. The luminous paint surface will shimmer under the cast light as well as sunlight. This highly visible presence will function as a landmark for the neighborhood and the station." (from (
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