Sculpture Intersections II at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden

This is not the Intersections II sculpture but it is a Refugio manzanita at the garden. The manzanita is described as an "upright shrub with congested leaves and a profusion of white flowers" on the garden's Web site.

Anyway, the Intersections II sculpture is an abstract piece from Los Angeles born artist Bruce Beasley and is three dimensional. The piece has "an abstract bronze that reaches to the sky with winged planes ever-changing as surfaces capture and reflect light, and mood in the Garden setting," a garden news release said.

Unfortunately, I don't have a photo of it.

The Chinese government commissioned Beasley to make a piece for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China. Beasley's works are in permanent collections in the U.S., Asia and Europe.  

The artist has a liberal arts undergraduate degree at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire and later studied in the art department at the University of California, Berkeley where he was "instrumental" in constructing the first metal-casting foundry on the UC campus, a garden news release said.

The Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden is open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. except major holidays at 1500 North College Avenue.