Oregon-based sculptor C.J. Rench will put his vision of family and joy into motion at the new Snoqualmie Y.

Rench was selected among finalists in a call for art at the new community center, under construction at Community Park. The Snoqualmie City Council on Monday, Aug. 8, selected Rench and his 18-foot-tall, $35,000 white-painted steel sculpture, “Tah Dah.”

The piece, which was inspired by the artists’ relationship with his daughter, will sit in front of the Y, facing Ridge Street. The abstract, hollow, human forms will sit on a platform that doubles as seating. The top form rotates.

Rench describes the sculpture as “a physical tribute to every heart…”When the subconscious of masculine, feminine, young and old, you are this and you are not that, melt away, what remains is a wide-open spirit,” he writes.

“We fell in love with it,” Snoqualmie Arts Commission member Jeff Waters told the council, recommending the piece. “We could easily see this small figure become the symbol of the community center.”

A resident of Hood River, Rench is a former industrial designer for K2 skis who shifted to art six years ago after his daughter was born. He has sculptures in several regional galleries, and also works on commission to private and public collectors.