A pair of artists’ sculptures will stand tall and prominent in the Second Street plaza in Langley for the year ahead.

During an unveiling ceremony Saturday, artists Dale Reiger and Woody Morris presented their works to the city.

Representing Langley were Mayor Tim Callison and Frank Rose, chairman of the Langley Arts Commission that chose the sculptures from three submitted proposals.

Each artist was given a $600 check for leasing the sculptures to the city, which uses the plaza as a gathering place during the summer farmers market and other events.

Morris created Solitary Spirit from a 10-ton piece of granite gathered from the Columbia River. He hand polished three sides of the slab a couple dozen times and left one face untouched. According to a press release from the Langley Main Street Association, the serpentine base, a native stone of the Pacific Northwest, was carved from a 2-foot core.

Reiger reworked an existing piece made of glass and steel named Observation Tower for display in Langley. Standing 7 feet, 2 inches and weighing 300 pounds, the stacked boxes of the tower are made of four panels of different glass.

Both pieces are for sale. They represent work from the third and fourth artists to be paid by the city since the program’s inception in late 2014. Reiger’s and Morris’ sculptures replaced pieces by Sue Taves and Lloyd Whannell. All of the artists to date have been from Whidbey Island.

Money for the lease comes out of a fund created to help finance public art by using one percent of the cost of city capital projects.