Among the works of public art that are placed at the end of major Imperial Beach streets ending at the sea, the sculpture “Sea and Sky” is by far the most simple. Sculptor Ken Smith uses reflecting light that flows from the highly polished stainless steel surface to enhance an abstract vision of a graceful seagull flying overhead. I have abstracted Smith’s work in my camera, using a wideangle lens to photograph it from underneath, with the sun creating a halo just behind the stylized seagull. My interpretation of Smith’s art stresses only one part of his sculpture -- flight. To see the entire sculpture, view the next image in this gallery.