I had moved to the upper east side of manhattan in the early 90’s, and quickly got used to wandering in central park, stopping by a museum or two on the way. at first i would look at paintings and photographs there, before my nature walks, yet statues were my only connection between the inside and the outside. i started to look at central park as a sculpture garden, with over 50 statues scattered throughout. although mainly in the southern half.
over the months i kept going back at different times of day, different seasons, the weather playing an important role in this series of images. i had to wait for snow and ice to give balto a proper environment. the trees surrounding most statues may compliment them with or without leaves, with my own opinion changing over time. the statues' condition and color changes over time, and these images are from a particular time, the early 1990's. to my eye, they were aging beautifully.