92 County Walk- Sullivan County

Coal has been mined in Sullivan County since 1816. Today, agriculture and coal continue to dominate the county’s economy. The Greene-Sullivan State Forest, which encompasses more than 100 lakes and five campgrounds, is located on previously strip-mined land.

In this piece, a blanket of new leaves grows thick over a black square that may represent coal. The leaves appear natural as they cover up the black background, the negative space of which creates the shape of a human figure.

Designers Jeff Laramore and David Jemerson Young of 2nd Globe, an Indianapolis–based artistic company, designed all 92 of the county sculptures featured on the outside of the Indiana State Museum. Their designs narrate the counties’ famous natives, historically significant events, or their cultural characteristics, and were fabricated and installed by various Indiana sculptors, carvers, glassworkers, metalworkers, and other artisans.