Liftoff

This artwork uses the vocabulary of the circle and the spiral in forming a colorful and gestural celebration of the essence of the disc golf park in Wylie, TX.  At the heart of the purpose of the park are the disc and the gesture of sending it on its trajectory.  The act of throwing the disc is a spiraling motion of the body.  The disc itself is a circle.  It has some physical properties of a wing and spins to maintain a stable path.  The spiral in the artwork suggests energy and propulsion of the disc.  The wind vane at the end connects to the airborne aspect of the disc golfing activity and can also give golfers an indication of wind direction which may affect the path of long throws.