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Prairie Flowers

A bronze statue of a young woman holding a basket full of flowers, in front of a red building

About the Sculpture

Donated in August 2011 by Dr. Ronald Gooding, Prairie Flowers now stands outside of the Pioneers Park Nature Center. It depicts a young woman holding a basket of prairie flowers that she has collected, while also being surrounded by prairie grasses.

A bronze statue of a young woman with a basket on her hip, surrounded by grasses

Rotating around the sculpture Prairie Flowers to show the bronze young woman holding a basket of flowers from all sides

a close up of the head of the bronze sculpture of a young woman. She stands in front of a building and prairie grasses.

A bronze sculpture of a young woman with a basket on her hip, looking out past the building she stands in front of

About the Artist

George W. Lundeen is a native of Holdrege, NE. He was a Fulbright-Hayes scholar at the Academia de Belle Arte in Florence, Italy. He also studied at Hastings College and the University of Illinois, where he acquired a masters in Fine Arts. He moved to Loveland, CO in the mid 70s and established his sculpture studio there.

Lundeen has also created Rarin' to Ride, Summer Showers, and Senator George Norris.

Additional Information

Pioneers Park Nature Center

Height: 5.5 ft.