Gaia, (sculpture).

Gaia, (sculpture).

Oakes, Baile, 1951- , sculptor.

Reyes, Geraro, assistant.

Willard, Martha, assistant.

Gaia, (sculpture).

1989. Dedicated Nov. 18, 1989.

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Jungle gym: painted oak limbs; Slide: granite.

3 pieces. Jungle gym: approx. 82 in. x 18 ft. 3 in. x 21 ft. 6 in.; Slide: approx. H. 33 in. x Diam. 11 ft.; Shells: approx. H. 33 in.

Playground set consists of brightly painted limbs arranged as a jungle gym, a circular slide and two hemisphere shell-like forms. The shell forms are painted green and the limbs are painted many colors, including yellow, green, orange, black, red, brown, blue, violet and gray. The slide is a tapered convex form. All three pieces stand in a sandy area.

Landscape -- Tree

Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Goleta

Administered by Santa Barbara County, Parks Department, Santa Barbara Arts Commission, P. O. Box 2369, Santa Barbara, California 93120

Located Tucker's Grove Park, Turnpike & Cathedral Oaks Road, Goleta, California

The work is titled after the Gaia Theory, which states that the world is a living organism that responds to inputs and outputs. Geraro Reyes and Martha Willard assisted with the painting. IAS files contain a related article from the Santa Barbara News Press, Nov. 17, 1989, pg. 25.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.

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