Managed to steal a few hours late in the afternoon and visited the Falls. Bad weather is predicted for later in the week, plus the Kentucky Derby Festival is going on now making routine trips an occassional challenge. The real reason I’m here today is to look for birds…it’s spring migration time and it seems [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Spring Migration
Posted in Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Ohio River, art and environment, birds and birding, creativity, ecosytem, fresh water, nature, nature photography, public art, watershed, tagged migration, spring, wildflowers on April 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Entropic Vehicles
Posted in Art, Falls of the Ohio, Ohio River, Styrofoam, art and environment, creativity, ecosytem, fresh water, nature, nature photography, public art, watershed, tagged archeology, context, entropy, gasoline on April 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here are a few recent images illustrating the state of disorder as seen at the Falls of the Ohio State Park. Let’s begin with…
This was once an expensive battery powered car for some lucky child and now its garbage. I can imagine this dynamically going over the dam only to come to rest lodged in [...]
Mother Earth and Child
Posted in Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Styrofoam, art and environment, creativity, fresh water, nature, public art, tagged driftwood structure, Earth Day, Mother and Child on April 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It’s officially Earth Day and my friend Annie and fellow artist/standardized patient (a topic for a later time) went to the Falls today to be out in nature. After several cold and wet days we received one that’s a winner. In the spirit of collaboration we combed the riverbank and brought our finds together to [...]
Our Time and Deep Time
Posted in Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, birds and birding, creativity, fresh water, nature, nature photography, tagged clock, coral reef, Devonian Age, fossils, warbler on April 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Working at the Falls of the Ohio is a reflective experience and thinking about the construct of “time” pops into my head a lot. To reinforce matters even more, less than a mile from my “studio” is this giant clock ticking away in a grand, but conventional manner. I once read that the largest clock face [...]
Styro-Hound
Posted in Art, Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Styrofoam, art and environment, creativity, nature, public art, tagged Art, dog, ecoart, hound, photography, sculpture on April 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here’s a project from this April that shows some variation from my usual working process. I started this dog sculpture, but wasn’t completely happy with it. I did cut into the dog’s styrobody to inset the foam pieces that make up part of its legs. I also started with small fishing bobber eyes, but later changed [...]
Thirsty for Green
Posted in Art, Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, Styrofoam, creativity, nature, public art, tagged Absurd, Art, found object art, plastic bottle, site-specific sculpture, watershed on April 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Using two very eroded pieces of Styrofoam, driftwood, hickory and walnuts, and plastic I created this figure in a cache of plastic green bottles. Just another example of conspicuous consumption found in the context of nature.
Here’s a side view. The sad part is this wasn’t all the plastic bottles (much less the green ones) found [...]
Earth Day
Posted in Art, Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Styrofoam, art and environment, birds and birding, creativity, nature, tagged celebration, Earth Day, education, environment on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Around here Earth Day was observed a little early! In the Louisville area our social calenders begin to reflect the influences of the Kentucky Derby Festival. Next weekend is “Thunder Over Louisville”, which each year is usually the largest fireworks display in the country. This is the second year in a row I have been invited [...]
Absurd Log Man
Posted in Art, Falls of the Ohio, Ohio River, Styrofoam, art and environment, creativity, tagged Absurd, Art, log, recyled, river, Styrofoam, watershed on April 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Working on this project has brought home to me how absurd our world really is. For example, take this recent sculpture from early March of this year. While walking on and over large driftwood logs, I found a smaller one made of plastic! I’m assuming it’s part of some toy? I gathered some nearby Styrofoam [...]
Three birds…one is fake.
Posted in Art, Falls of the Ohio, Ohio River, Styrofoam, art and environment, birds and birding, creativity, tagged bird, relational, sculpture on April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Working at the Falls of the Ohio, I think of what I do as an experiment in relational thinking. And so, when I can I try to include the animals and their images whenever possible. I especially enjoy birds and look forward to spring when the migratory species return. Even though I don’t have the [...]
