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BRIAN HEAD — Brian Head's newest residents, a quartet of metal bear sculptures, were officially welcomed to town on Monday.
The commissioned public art piece features a 12-foot-high steel sculpture of a bespectacled bruin reading a book. Surrounding him are three young cubs on benches who appear to be listening to the larger bear.
Brian the Bear's storybook is titled "The Tales of Brian Head." Its stainless steel cover has a shiny mirror-like finish that reflects the image of someone standing near the base of the sculpture.
"You literally see your reflection within the book, and that's what it's meant to do," said sculptor Terrence Martin, who created the piece along with his wife and business partner, Mari. "Brian is meant to reflect the people in the community around him."
Martin's remarks came during the sculpture's unveiling ceremony Monday morning, as a crowd of approximately 150 people gathered at Brian Head's Bristlecone Park.
Town Manager Bret Howser said when he first came on the job a decade ago in 2013, there was "one big field" next to a pond and little else at the site.
