This is how a £1million piece of artwork could look if plans to build it near the AWPR are backed.
Dubbed The Herring Drifter, the sculpture has been heralded as the north-east equivalent of the world-famous Angel of the North on the A1 near Gateshead, or the Kelpies at the M9 near Falkirk.
It would be situated at the northern end of the upcoming Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR), where it will join the A90 Aberdeen to Ellon road at Blackdog.
The proposal has been put forward by local landowner Colin Tawse, who has been working with Oxfordshire-based artist David Harber on the design.
But he said that different designs could be put out for public consultation ahead of any detailed plans being submitted.
Mr Tawse said the region is “crying out” for something on its scale, and that it had been designed to represent the north-east’s historical relationship with the North Sea.
He added that funding for the project is still “in discussions”, but that he estimates the Herring Drifter would cost more than £1 million.
“It’s a very high-tech piece. There’s a lot of engineering in it, all based on North Sea technology, so it’s a real showcase for the North Sea,” he said.
“In my view Aberdeen is as good as anywhere else in the country, and as such it deserves a transformational piece, such as the Angel of the North, or the Kelpies.
“There’s absolutely no reason Aberdeen shouldn’t have one.”
Standing at 262ft – a height similar to a wind turbine – it would be finished in stainless steel.
Nick Orpwood, of the Concerned About Wind Turbines group, said he would not stand in the way of blocking such a project.
He said that although the proposal has visual links to turbines and is of a similar height, he approved of the concept.
“There is a sort similarity in shape to a turbine, they’re not dissimilar,” he said.
“Having seen the Angel of the North, I can understand what the landowner is trying to do.
“Assuming that the adjacent neighbours are supportive, I don’t think we would be standing against this sort of thing – it doesn’t move, it doesn’t rotate, and it doesn’t make a noise.”
Aberdeen councillor Ian Yuill has previously proposed that a number of structures should be built along the AWPR.
Last night, he welcomed Mr Tawse’s proposal.
“There is no reason why there can be more than one major sculpture along the AWPR,” he said.
“Perhaps it could become Scotland’s ‘sculpture road’ and provide a cultural and tourism boost to the north-east – as well as improving our transport links.”
An Aberdeenshire Council spokesman said that no formal planning application had yet been made.