‘Queen of the Hills’ coming to Spearfish | Local News – Black Hills Pioneer

SPEARFISH Local artist Tony Chytka pitched his idea for a new statue depicting the Queen of the Hills at Mondays Spearfish City Council meeting.

Spearfish was always known as The Queen City of the Hills, Chytka said. The ending piece would be a life-size fountain (that) depicts the Queen of the Hills.

Chytka explained that he wanted the piece to capture some of the imagery from the Passion Play.

She is in her toga wardrobe, kind of carrying back to the Passion Play and what the passion play represented to Spearfish, he said. Shed be dropping water from the palm of her hand in the life-size piece, it would go into a pool in her apron, then a water would fall with the fish coming up out of the water.

Chytka said he would fund the project by selling limited edition, scale-sized models of the statue for $750 as well as a 28-inch functioning model for $5,500. Half the proceeds from the sales would be applied to the creation of the full-sized statue. He said he expected the final life-size bronze to be ready to install sometime in the summer of 2021.

The council unanimously voted to approve the project and said the city would work with Chytka to find a suitable place for the fountain statue.

For more information about the statue, visit http://www.trchytkabronze.com.

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