City of Walla Walla

An oversize lemon inscribed with flower shapes perches along the sidewalk inviting pedestrians to wonder at this bronze sculpture. A familiar object, in this case a simple lemon enlarged and enhanced with energetic and somewhat mysterious decorations, is used to give viewers a new way to look and see.Squire Broel has been creating art since he was old enough to make things on his own. He has always been fascinated by the magic of painting and the way that a work of art could make him feel an array of strong emotions. He studied many paintings and learned about the lives of the artists. Squire fell in love with the flower and vegetable markets of Hong Kong, when he lived there in the early 1990s. He often uses images from that experience in his artwork, both paintings and sculptures. 

You can see more of Squire's plant and flower images, as well as his other work at www.broelstudio.com.