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A gift to the Pope

This is Paul Janensch with a Treasure Coast Essay about something in the Vatican created in Stuart.  When President Trump met with Pope Francis last month, the Pope gave the president a large medallion depicting an olive branch as a symbol of peace.  And the president gave the Pope a bronze sculpture of a flowering lotus by Geoffrey Smith of Stuart.  It’s called “Rising Above” and evokes unity and resilience.  Smith, a wildlife sculptor and photographer, has a gallery in downtown Stuart and a studio on Dixie Highway.  He is best known on the Treasure Coast for his “Stuart Sailfish,” the 18-foot monument in downtown Stuart, that serves as the symbol of "The Sailfish Capital of the World."  Also, five bronze water birds sculpted by Smith stand along Colorado Avenue.  Smith started as a decoy carver.  I’m Paul Janensch.