Wilmington has acquired a lot of public art over the years. I would argue that the Battleship USS North Carolina stands among those works. A marvel of engineering, it weighs 2,633 tons and in its time had the power of 60,000 horses. BB-55 made significant contributions to the US campaigns in the Pacific theater during World War II.
I don't know anything about the provenance of this piece, but I like it for the grace it captures in the owl.
Here is a man sleeping while he waits for someone to buy a rose he has spun from palm fronds.
Sandy Carlson Social