Summer Showers

A sculpture of two young boys stand in the foreground, one spraying a hose and the other putting a kink in the rope. More kids in the water fight stand in the background.

About the Sculpture

Installed in Woods Park in 2004 as part of the Park It at Woods campaign that was sponsored by the Lincoln Tennis Association. Summer Showers is located in the plaza in front of the clubhouse. It shows a group of young children and one dog playing with water hoses, spraying each other. 

A sculpture of two kids stand in the foreground. One sprays a hose straight in the air with the other smaller kid on their back. A third sculpture stand in the background with another water hose.

A metal sculpture of a young boy and a dog playing with a water hose and a couple of children playing in the background.

Three boys participate in a water fight with more kids we cannot see in this metal sculpture. One boys points the hose while another holds it in a kink. The third boy hides behind the two others.

A metal sculpture of two kids playing with a water hose. The older kid holds the other on their back as well as holding an umbrella below them and the hose above them.

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, Senator George Norris, and Prairie Flowers.

Additional Information

Woods Park 

Location

Woods Park, Lincoln 68510  View Map

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Contact

Lincoln Parks and Recreation, Public Art Lincoln
402-441-7847
parks@lincoln.ne.gov
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