Explore Art Beyond the Gallery

Sculpture Trail

Discover twenty-three permanent and seven annually rotating sculptures along the Pearson Lakes Art Center grounds and Sculpture Trail Loop. Stroll through this unique outdoor gallery where art and nature intertwine. Rotating sculptures will be on view through May of 2027 and are available for purchase.

Kim’s Conversations

By: Rimas VisGirda

A ceramic artist whose work is characterized by surface decoration and illustration. Thank you to our generous donors, Signe Kim Lauridsen-Jones & Ken Jones for the sculpture and landscaping.

We Can Fly

By: Mark La Mair

This aluminum sculpture represents the movement of the wings of birds. One of the original sculptures gifted to the art center when the building was originally completed.

Children at Play 1

By: Dana Bates

Children at Play 2

By: Dana Bates

Children at Play 3

By: Dana Bates

Composer

By: Chenjerai Chiripanyanga

The figure in the cobalt stone sculpture holds a stringed African instrument and abstract shapes that could be recognized as notes.

Children at Play 4

By: Dana Bates

New Horizons Set

By: Gary Lee Price

A continuation of the bronze monument expressing the idea that there are always answers, always solutions to the challenges that are before us.

Candace

By: Gary Lee Price

Children at Play 5

By: Dana Bates

New Horizons Set

By: Gary Lee Price

This bronze monument expresses the idea that there are always answers, always solutions to the challenges that are before us.

Nature’s Friends Set

By: Gary Lee Price

This bronze sculpture set shows that children make friends easily, not only with each other, but with Mother Nature and her creations.

Z-Tree

By: Mark La Mair

Brushed and painted aluminum zig-zag that implies the essence of a tree.

Kim’s Legs

By: Rimas VisGirda

A ceramic artist whose work is characterized by surface decoration and illustration.

Kim’s Girls

By: Rimas VisGirda

Created during VisGirda’s Artist in Residence on this existing art center structure in 2014.

Mural Boxes

By: Wayne Thompson

Re imagination of the Mural Boxes is in progress for 2026.

Tree

By: Spirit Lake High School

This rusted steel tree was created by the 2016 Spirit Lake J-Term welding students, capturing art in the wind.

Sun Salutation

By: Ken Peterson

This plastic coated foam nose block shape looks up into the sky and reflects our need for sun or light.

Summer’s Surprise

By: William Lieb

Summer’s Surprise consists of three large steel spinning pinwheels mounted to three very tall straws arranged to represent prairie sunflowers in full summer bloom.

World

By: Mark La Mair

This brushed aluminum sculpture holds a world inside of a world spinning when the wind is high.

Edward Hopper

By: William Lieb

Edward Hopper is an abstract steel figure of a friendly creature (a “hopper”) exiting the marsh area. It has one eye reflecting the sun and sky above.

Coming Home

By: William Lieb

Constructed on left over pieces, it employs the negative space “scrap” as a new dynamic composition.

Lovers

By: Harry Klessen

Created from original chrome car bumpers, two figures intertwine in an embrace.

Great Blue Heron

By: Jon Kamrath

Steel and Aluminum. 200 lbs, 11'H, 4'W, 5'D

Exuberance

By: Harold Linke

Steel Composite. 100 lbs, 5’8”H, 5’W, 3’D

Star of the Show

By: Alex Zamesin

Rubber from Tires & Steel. 9’H, 1’6”W

Flying V

By: Tim Nelson

Recycled Metal & Found Objects. 48"H x 32"L x 24"W

Den Mother

By: Christine Knapp

Bronze with marble base. 250 lbs 21.75"H x 40"L x 13.5"D

Lumenfly

By: Kirk Seese

Fire extinguisher, head light, Plasma cut steel and CNC cut colored acrylic, industrial plastic. 90 lbs, 7'H x 3'W x 6'D

Concentric

By: Tim Adams

Aluminum, Steel, Lexan. 100 lbs, 6’5”H, 4’W,4’D