At the PICASSO SCULPTURE at MOMA.
Scattered along roadways all over the southwest are roadside shrines to debated friends and loved ones. Some are very elaborate.
April 11 – Photo taken outside a business on the main road through Van Horn, Texas.
April 3 — When we drove past this ranch in west Texas I couldn’t resist taking a photo.
Today we enjoyed a dim sum lunch at CK Choy’s in Tampa. Over my shoulder, standing guard against the wall, was this fellow. Mr. Choy, I presume?
Today’s photograph of art in New York City is a large statue that we passed while walking through the lower east side. It was attached to parked truck, but was obviously in the process of being moved. The plaque on the bottom of the statue read 1932 Rockafeller Center Iron Workers’ Lunch Time. It reminded me of the statues in the FDR Memorial in Washington, DC. — The same type of rendered figures. Magnificent!
Beginning in 1999 with cows in Chicago, fiberglass animal statues, painted by local artists, have appeared in cities around the country. Here in New Bern, North Carolina, the animal statues all over town are bears. This bear welcomes guests at the entrance to the Comfort Suites where we are staying while visiting my mother. iPhone image edited on the iPad with Adobe Photoshop Touch.
Earth Day is on Sunday, and tomorrow is the opening of the film Chimpanzee. John Steward interviewed Jane Goodall on the Daily Show the other night, and she talked about the film, which is the story of a troop of Chimpanzees and the relationship between the alpha male, his adopted son and the rest of the troop.
Continue Reading "Earth Day 2012…"A new statue photo. I found this “little girl” sitting on a bench at Lake Margaret – a small lake on the resort where we stay in Florida. iPhone upload