​​​​​​​​​Dove Valley Park

Dove Valley Silhouettes​​​​​​


​​ARTIST:   Mary Bates Neubauer
DATE:   2009
LOCATION:  4728 E Rancho Paloma Dr (just west of Cave Creek Rd.) 
TYPE:   Seating
MATERIALS:   Bronze, Concrete
BUDGET:   $80,000  
DISTRICT:   2
ZIP CODE:  ​85331      


In addition to two sculptural seating benches, this project features thirty bronze plaques depicting Sonoran Desert flora and fauna on 15 piers along the sidewalk. The plaques are set at an angle to make it easy to make chalk rubbings of the plant and animal relief images. The artist included a saguaro in the park as one of the images. Landscaped berms rise to the meet the back of the sculptural seating. Three palo verde trees were planted nearby to shade the seating.  From one vantage point, the bench contours line up with Black Mountain and other mountains on the northern horizon.​