Shreveport Spectrum, (sculpture).

Shreveport Spectrum, (sculpture).

Verbois, Greg, sculptor.

Little Joe's Welding, fabricator.

Shreveport Spectrum, (sculpture).

Commissioned Oct. 1992. Dedicated Jan. 24, 1993.

Sculpture: plate glass, dalle de verre, stainless steel, and painted carbon steel; Base: black granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 16 ft. x W. 10 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 10 x 10 ft.

Abstract sculpture, cruciform in shape, with a "stem" painted dark green that rises and splits into "branches," with three sets of two branches per split. Attached to the branches are frosted clear glass and a rainbow of colored glass (red, orange, yellow, blue, violet and lavender) set into a stainless steel frame. Each leaf has an open space between the clear and the colored glass. The uppermost leaves are triangular with a rounded edge, the smaller leaves are pie-shaped, and the third set are in the shape of a quarter circle. The sculpture is mounted upon a square base with four lights embedded on the top, and set within a recessed rock garden.

Abstract -- Geometric

Landscape -- Tree

Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- Shreveport

Southwestern Electric Power Company, 6300 Line Avenue, SWEPCO Building, Shreveport, Louisiana 71197

Sculpture was partially fabricated by Little Joe's Welding.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana survey, 1996.

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