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PUBLIC ARTDUSTIN SHULERAlbatross V199518”H x 156”W x 80”D (on 20’ pole)“And today before taking off from Santa Barbara Airport I visited an old friend—the sculpture in the patio garden—with new appreciation, for now I know it to be part of a much larger collection.”—Visitor to private collection, 2008DuStiN SHuler DeScribeS “AlbAtroSS”“David said to me, ‘Listen kid, I’m doing this thing where I’ve got this 20-foot tall pole and I want sculptures on top of it that move with the wind. What do you got?’ So I proposed a couple things to him. The wonderful thing about David was if he didn’t like it, if it didn’t work for him, he’d say, ‘No. What else you got?’ That, ‘What else you got’ was the most important thing. But he loved the Albatross and I made seven of them. He bought five. They’re very beautiful, and actually the wingspan equals the great wandering albatross of the South Seas. That’s why I call them that.”130sAntA bArbArA AirPOrt