Public Art Proposal for Centerville Community Park Expansion June 2026
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Artist's Statement
I'm an ecological sculptor who designs and fabricates benches and sculptures repurposed from salvage steel propane tanks. My work is whimsical, naturalistic, and functional. My bench designs include contemporary riffs on furniture from Victorian and Mid Century eras. My biomorphic sculptures abstractly reference a site's native animal species with unique, pedestrian scaled objects that are visually compelling and create a sense of place
I have completed dozens of public art commissions across the US for parks, streetscapes, schools, hospitals, museums and commercial properties. My work has been honored with national awards for its sustainable, innovative and technical qualities including Most Interesting Products' from the American Society of Landscape Architects and 'Exhibitor's Choice Gold Award' at the Smithsonian Craft Show. CODAworx named me as one of 2021's top 25 international "Creative Revolutionaries" leading changes forward in the arts. I have been granted a series of design and utility patents to protect the originality of my work My artwork engages the public on multiple levels. Aesthetically the forms and colors appeal to people of all ages and cultural backgrounds. Its human scale invites interaction, by touching, sitting and in some cases climbing. As people look more closely they notice surface corrosion, manufacturing weld seams and fitting ports in odd locations and it dawns on them that it's made from reused materials.
In that moment of realization my hope is that they are inspired to consider new ways to reuse materials in their own lives. My work is incredibly green. My eco-friendly process uses a locally sourced material, has a minimal manufacturing carbon footprint and produces very durable low maintenance objects which contain 99% post-consumer reused content. The curved forms and substantial wall thickness of propane tanks gives my work a structural integrity that can withstand many decades of life in the public realm including extreme weather and heavy pedestrian traffic. My benches are ADA compliant and free of safety hazards. www.colinselig.com
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Design & Budget: Centerville Community Park
I have created a unique collection of designs for this proposal for public art for Centerville Community Park.
The sculpture concepts for the rookery are playful arachnids designed for human interaction. The Large Spider has been revised to include seating elements. They range in height between four and six feet tall to match the scale of the site and comply with the parameters suggested by The City's risk manager.
The site furnishings for the Bocce Complex are a series of bench designs that highlight spherical elements, a reference to bocce balls. In one of the designs it appears a ball is stuck in the middle of the seat and backrest.
The colors of the renderings in this proposal are possibilities. I've used these colors in the past and they fit the theme of vibrancy as suggested by Art Review Board. However l am open to alternative colors.
I have offered five different budget options including exclusively sculpture, exclusively seating, and a mixture. The cost of each work is presented in a menu format so the Art Review Board is fee to select their own combination. www.colinselig.com
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Budget options
object title & dimensions image rendering cost per budget budget budget budget budget color sculpture sculpture sculpture sculpture seating
only & seating & seating & seating only
option 1 option 2 option 3
Large Spider 38,000 38,000 38,000 38,000
8'W × 8'D x 6'T RAL 4002
Small Spider 20,000 20,000 20,000
AL 20
5'Wx 5'D x 5T
Hollow Spider 16,000 16,000 16,000
RAL 1003
4'W × 4'D x 4.5'T
Bles
Tete-a-Tete Bench 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000
RAL 20ll
DEEP CRANDA
12'W × 4'D × 3'T, Seats 4' & 4' W
Bocce Bench 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000
RAL 6034
13W × 3'D × 3'T, Seats 3' & 4' W
Club Bench 11,000 22,000 22,000
10'W × 3'D × 3'T, Seat 7' W RAL 1002
Club Bench 9,000 9,000 9,000
RAL 3020
8'W × 3'D x 3'T, Seat 5' W TRAPHIC REC
Club Chair 6,000 6,000 6,000
AL SCIE
5.5'W × 3'D × 3'T, Seat 2' W
totals: 74,000 73,000 71,000 75,000 72,000
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Approximate
dimensions:
8 feet wide x
8 feet deep x
Click this box 6 feet tall
to see a 360
Seats:
degree video 18 inches tall
of this spider
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small spider
Approximate
dimensions:
5 feet wide x
5 feet deep x
5 feet tall
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mal spect auumunaı vievvs
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Approximate dimensions:
4 feet wide × 4 feet deep x
4.5 feet tall
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nonuw spiuti auumunaı vievvs
Approximate dimensions: 4 feet wide x 4 feet deep × 4.5 feet tall Public Art Proposal for Centerville Community Park, Fremont CA May 2026 www.colinselig.com
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DULLE DElICII
Approximate dimensions: 13 feet wide × 3 feet deep × 3 feet tall Click this box to see a 360 degree video of this bench
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DULLe DelICII duummunal vievvs
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dimensions:
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3 feet deep x
3 feet tall
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Approximate dimensions: 12 feet wide × 4 feet deep × 3 feet tall Public Art Proposal for Centerville Community Park, Fremont CA May 2026 www.colinselig.com
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duumunal vievvs
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Approximate dimensions: 10 feet wide × 3 feet deep × 3 feet tall Public Art Proposal for Centerville Community Park, Fremont CA May 2026 www.colinselig.com
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duummunal vievvs
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Approximate Approximate
dimensions: dimensions:
8 feet wide x 5 feet wide x
3 feet deep 3 feet deep
x 3 feet tall × 3 feet tall
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color possibilities
RAL 3020 RAL 2002 RAL 2011
VERMILION DEEP ORANGE
• TRAFFIC RED
RAL 1003 RAL S0I8 RAL 6034
SIGNAL YELLOW TURQUOISE BLUE PASTEL TURQUOISE
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Materials & Process
Sustainable material: Repurposed:
Regionally sourced scrap The tanks are carefully
steel propane tanks are dissected and the parts
abundant due to strict reassembled with no
regulations limiting their additional reshaping of
service life. the material, a process
with a minimal carbon
footprint.
Comfortable:
The combination of
curved seat and curved
backrest provides good
lumbar support for a wide
range of body sizes, an
ergonomic improvement
over traditional metal
Durable: benches with flat seats
Made from curved steel and tilted backrests.
with a wall thickness of
1/4 inch, a very sturdy
structure is created when
the parts are seam
welded together. A
quality powder coating
seals the structure from
the elements.
Manufactured in California from regionally sourced scrap steel propane tanks, each object is hand made and signed by www.colinselig.com the artist. These objects contain 99% post-consumer reused content. The seam welded quarter inch thick curved steel parts form a very rigid structure with a 100 year plus service life. Each object has unique surface texture due to the use +1.925.457.5060 Colin Selig
of reused materials. Pricing includes zinc rich epoxy primer and architectural grade powder coating in choice of RAL [email protected] color. Listed dimensions are appreciate. Applicable US patents US 2901,17882, USD 721,237, US D 716,572, US 1547 Palos Verdes #315 About the Artist
Awards / Honors Bio
Most Interesting Products Award Raised in an ecologically conscious American Society of Landscape household | learned the importance of Architects
Exhibitors' Choice Gold Award
Smithsonian Craft Show
Creative Revolutionary
CODAWorx's 2021 international list
of 25 artists leading changes
forward in the arts. I studied metal sculpting at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston while
earning a degree in Philosophy from Tutts
University in 1987. My education from
Patents that time included apprenticeships with a
machinist, a race car fabricator, and a
2018 US 9,901,178 B2 public art sculptor. In the next couple of Utility patent: Methods for making decades I continued to master my craft, seating from pressure vessels.
2015 US D 721,237
Design patent: Propane tank club chair
I reside and have my studio within an
2014 US D 716,572 intentional community in the San
Design patent: Propane tank Francisco Bay Area where a supportive asymmetric backless bench
2013 US D 683,146
Design patent: Propane tank bench
existence.
2013 US D 683,147
Denign patent. Propane tank chaise
2013 USD 683,148
Design patent: Propane tank lips bench
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Public Art Commissions
2027 Bird Bench: North Natomas Regional Park 2017
Client: City of Sacramento, CA 2022 Lorente Gre or Park in phic seating 2026 Biomorphic Benches: Blue Jay Point Park 2022 2017
Client: Wake County, Raleigh, NC Chen: Le Bopital endspas, Memphis, TN 2025 Cloud Benches 2021 2017 Napa Art Walk sculptur
Client: City of Asbury Park, NJ lient: City of Napa, C. 2025 Exterior cafe seating at The Standard 2021 Plen lily or treet, De seating 2016 Uneesy overal firescape seating Client: Rosso Development, Miami, FL
2025 Fremont Butte Benches 2020 Cent: Cat of Dutinic sculpture 2016 Ment: coe count ourtyard seating Client: Town of Akron, CO
2025 Lumisphere 2020 2016
Client: City of Mill Valley, CA Rient: easpitals sec. St. Paul, MN len: to recan seating 2024 Three Magpies sculpture 2020 Sent. y or Not ery Ring 2016 Puent: City or enrage seating Client: Anchorage Museum, AK
2024 Dog park bench 2019 2015 Cort: Giry of oring, crescape seating Client: PETA, Norfolk, VA
:024 Sidewalk and interior dog benche 2019 2014 Plent: pay oreargan HIl, CA lient: Muttville, San Francisco, C
2024 Seating, warehouse adaptive re-use 2019 Cene Cly ral sen ture and seating 2014 Neiman Marcus furnishings Client: @310, Keene, NH 14 locations including: Beverly Hills, White Plains, San Diego, & Dallas
2024 Hawk Bike Racks, Discovery Park 2019 Cent: Cary of Hoisten eating Client: City of Meridian, ID 2012 Glent: ily or Weat Creck, CA 2023 Exterior seating at The Groves 2019 Silent: City of treater, seating Client: City of Humble, TX
2023 Caged seating, Vantage Life Sciences 2019 Lient: Terama Retail rs, or ear; CA Pre-Qualified Artists Rosters Client: Healthpeak, S. San Francisco CA
2019 Connes Mero
:023 Trout and Hawk Benches, Discovery Par
lient: City of Meridian, I Palo Alto
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2023 Fayette Park biomorphic sculpture 2018 Went. Lnuay Museum, Wainut Creek, CA an Anton lient: City of Mountain View, C/ San Jose
022 Randle Elementary sculptu 2018 Gastro pub entrance seatin Takoma Park lient: DGS & DC schools, Washington D lient: City of Grand Prairie, 1 Tucson Arts Foundation Washington State
2022 Savikko Park public seating
Client: City of Juneau, AK
2022 Blake Apartments plaza sculpture
Client: Monday Properties, Alexandria, VA
July 2025
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Arachnicat Dublin, CA
MAK iH
FURE
Arachnicat is a whimsical biomorphic sculpture, an alien creature which has climbed out of a nearby riparian corridor to explore Clover Park, in Dublin, California. Commissioned by The City in 2020, it has an insect's body, feline ears, a scorpion's tail and five anthropomorphically muscular legs.
Incorporated between the legs are three seating surfaces for those who want to sit or use them as steps to climb higher and ride the beast.
Dimensions: 10'x 12'x6
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Scorpion Newport Beach
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Scorpion overlooks the Newport Beach Civic Center, California, in a two year sculpture exhibition in 2021, sponsored by the local arts foundation.
Collection of the artist. Dimensions: 7' × 5'× 6'
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Pentarachnid Malden, MA
Crouching along the multi-use Northern Strand Trail in Malden, Massachusetts, is Pentarachnid, a five legged spider that can be sat or climbed on.
Commissioned by The City in 2019. Dimensions: 7'× 5'× 5' www.colinselig.com
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Appendisphere Bethesda, MD
Appendisphere, 2019, was acquired by Sam Rose for his distinguished art collection. Installed at his residence in Bethesda, MD, with a Deborah Butterfield bronze nearby. Dimensions: 10' × 12'×6'
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Squirrel Mountain View, CA
Two grazing Red Squirrels face each other from opposite ends of the lawn at urban Fayette Park in Mountain View, California, opened in 2023. The playful forms reference an omnipresent native species and are designed to be sat and climbed on. Also commissioned was a lizard bench for the bosque.
Dimensions: 10'x7'x8
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Squirrel Mountain View, CA
A grazing Red Squirrel on the lawn at urban Fayette Park in Mountain View, California, opened in 2023. The playful forms reference an omnipresent native species and are designed to be sat and climbed on. Dimensions: 6'× 3'× 6' www.colinselig.com
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Vespa Washington DC
Vespa is colorful hornet that serves as a whimsical mascot for Randle Elementary School in Washington DC. It was commissioned in 2022 by DC Public Schools and the Department of General Services. Dimensions: 6'× 7'× 10' Budget $89K www.colinselig.com
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Three Magpies Anchorage Museum, AK
Three Magpies was commissioned by the Anchorage Museum for their front lawn in 2024. A strong presence in the area, magpies are intelligent, social birds. The sculpture captures them in conversation. Composed of six vertical elements arranged in a circle, three are bird heads, the tallest talking with its beak wide open, a second listening with beak closed, and a third about to interject. Two elements are tail feathers and one is shaped like a wing. A seat inside the circle invites viewers to step inside and enjoy the work from within. Dimensions: 8'× 8'×11' Budget: $118K www.colinselig.com
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Caged Seating Vantage Life Sciences
Fletcher Studio landscape architects designed the Vantage Life Sciences tech campus in South San Francisco in 2023 with a generous open space of geometric landforms and graphic plant striping. For outdoor team meetings amenities include a shade structure with chain curtains featuring seven backless benches of different designs, positioned like caged animals beginning to escape their confines. Dimensions: 25' × 30' × 4' www.colinselig.com
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Bone Benches Muttville, San Francisco, CA
PARK AT
Muttville, in San Francisco, focuses on senior rescue dogs. Offering a new paradigm for shelters, the dogs stay in a house-like environment without cages where they can wander from room to room helping them to socialize and stay adoptable. Opened in 2024, visitors to their new facility are greeted by three large Bone Benches along the exterior sidewalk. The seat dividers, each uniquely shaped like a specific dog breed's head, were required by The City to prevent unwanted sleeping. Dimensions: 12' × 2' × 3' www.colinselig.com
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Tete-A-Tete Bench Malden, MA
THE NORTHERN STRAND
TRAIL MAR
Installed in 2019 along the Northern Strand Trail in Malden, Massachusetts, a Tete-A-Tete bench provides a focal point sculptural element for the intersection while giving pedestrians a place to sit and enjoy multiple views. Dimensions: 10'× 3'× 3' www.colinselig.com
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Hawk Bench Meridian, ID
Installed in 2023 at Discovery Park by The City of Meridian, Idaho, a hawk bench references a native species and strengthens the park's identity as a place of learning and exploration. Dimensions: 7'× 3'× 3' www.colinselig.com
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Fault Line Bench Hollister, California
With a diagonal "fault line" in the middle of the seat and backrest, this site specific bench appears to have survived an earthquake, a playfully reference to the Calaveras Fault Line which runs through Dunne Park. Commissioned by The City of Hollister, CA in 2019.
Dimensions: 8'x 3'x 3'
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Symmetric Hemi Bench St. Paul, MN
HealthPartners worked with Art Force Consultants to commission a symmetric hemi bench for the outdoor patio of Regions Hospital Birth Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, newly constructed in 2020. Dimensions: 8'x 3'x 3' www.colinselig.com
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Lips Bench Orinda, CA
A contemporary riff on Dali's famous Mae West Lips Sofa, this Lips Bench was commissioned by The City of Orinda in 2015 for a plaza in front of the Community Center and Library. The City also purchased six more benches of different designs from the artist for additional locations.
Dimensions: 8'× 3'3
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Hemi Asymmetric Bench Key West
In 2019 The City of Key West, Florida, transformed the oceanfront block of Duvall Street, the southernmost point in the US, from parking spaces into a pedestrian mall and installed five of the artist's sculptural benches including this Asymmetric Bench whose design is based on a Victorian fainting couch.
Dimensions: 10'× 3'×3
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Pucker Up
ARTIST COLIN SELIG DISPLAYS HIS DALÍ-ESQUE LIPS BENCH AT LONGHOUSE RESERVE'S EXTERIORS EXHIBIT. BY ERIN RILEY
« | wanted to take a ubiquitous, utilitarian object that would otherwise go thing I recognized when I saw the tank on my property is how much to waste and transform it into something sensuous in form and sophis- energy must have gone into forming the thick steel into that capsulelike I ticated in function," says artist Colin Selig about his striking Lips shape," says Selig.
Bench, which will be on display at LongHouse Reserve through October 4. Though the Lips Bench's design pays homage to Dalí, its form is inspired by The "Exteriors" exhibit, the largest in the foundation's history, features 81 the work of Charles and Ray Eames and their innovative approach to molding outdoor sculptures from a global array of artists, including Martin Puryear materials. "Not only was their visual style groundbreaking, buttheir process of and Mira Nakashima, as well as pieces by Hamptonites such as Max Eicke, molding plywood resulted in a whole new set of design methods," says Selig.
Nico Yektai, and Silas Marder. As unusual as salvaged propane tanks are as a medium for art, the fact iconic Mae West Lips Sofa in 1937, Selig used a less conventional medium: PHOTOGRAPHY BY COLIN SELIS out imposing any additional shaping to the metal. The Lips Bench is made "Exteriors" is on display through October 4 at LongHouse Reserve, 133 Hands 150 HAMPTONS-MAGAZINE.COM
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