Polar Bear Plunge February 27th!

Services for Robert Dean

Memorial Service will take place in Medicine Park, OK at the Medicine Park Music Hall Friday February 19th at 2:00 PM.

Following is gathering at the Park Tavern. Covered dish/ food and paper plates and plastic forks/ knives would be appreciated and may be left at the Park Tavern between 1:00 and 1:30 before service or brought to the Tavern after the service.

Sculpture in the Park: Robert Dean's Vision

Robert Dean 2009 with his Sculpture of Charley Wright
photo courtesy Lee Hibbetts.

Robert Dean famed sculptor, resident of Medicine Park passed away this morning February 16th 2010. The long locked, vivacious artist/sculptor/musician has left his earthly studio. Always with a work in progress, always with another idea on the drawing board, he lived life to the creative max. He will be missed in so many ways. Missed hugely by his family, his community and by his many friends. I can think of no more fitting tribute then to repost one I had written about his works that can be seen in Medicine Park.



The first thing most people notice in Medicine Park is usually the Creek with Mt. Scott in the backdrop, then the cobblestone buildings including the Old Plantation. And then you start noticing the amazing sculptures that dot the Medicine Park landscape. Many of the pieces have a familiar feel about it. And well they should. They are the creations of one, Robert Dean, our sculptor in residence, whose work has found it way into private collections as well as purchased for museum collections. He manages to capture the nature and essence of each animal he sculpts which is extraordinary considering he constructs in metal, a seemingly not very pliable. The first creature to grace Medicine Park was the Bison in front of the Music Hall. Robert Dean offered at a fraction of what it was worth in order to keep it in the Park, a place he loves. The then Music Hall owner, Jeannie Clinton (an artist in her own right) bought it. Robert Dean continued to offer residents the opportunity to commission a sculptural piece to grace their land at a special “Medicine Park” price. It is his vision to showcase his work in a Sculpture Park, Medicine Park. And for that we all benefit.

Stroll through the Park and give yourself a visual treat there are no less than 16 sculptures created by Robert Dean all owned privately and yet visible from the sidewalk or road. Please keep in mind that all are on private property and they are for your visual delight, please respect the residents property and do not walk on their land or touch the art work.

I have included a map with a key to the sculpture, click here.

Robert Dean Sculptures in Medicine Park:
post by Muriel Fahrion, photos by Muriel & Michael Fahrion