WINGED HELIOS

First prize in an international competition for Sculpture on the Autoroute, fabrication and installation were included in the award.

The issue of scale in relation to the road in a natural setting became a truly fundamental consideration. (Of the 15 or so other sculptures subsequently installed on the autoroute, none apparently addressed this issue.)

Another major consideration was to arive at a fairly legible design that could be understood quickly from a car travelling at 130 km/hour and yet have sufficient interest for someone stopping on the wayside. Given the location on the Sun Coast of Spain, the theme of Helios, the Sun-god was quite apt.