BEND, OR -- A new sculpture now graces the center of the Butler Market Road-Empire Avenue-27th Street roundabout in northeast Bend. It's the 23rd roundabout art installation in Bend. No tax dollars are used to purchase roundabout art. 

"Golden Squirrel's Wondrous World," by Michael Stutz, features a woven steel wheel. According to Bend's Art in Public Places, the wheel, "Connects the timber mills from Bend’s past, the rolling wheels of cars, and a hamster wheel— humorously representing the routine of daily life." Inside the wheel are blue and green silicon bronze strips, symbolizing the Deschutes River and Earth.

This fall, "Red Sides" will be removed from the Colorado-Simpson Avenue roundabout for repainting. It was installed in 2001 and should return by the end of November. Repainting work is covered by the city's conservation budget.