It’s a sad but true fact that people abandon their pets at the Falls of the Ohio. I have come across many stray dogs and cats in my wanderings around the park. Of course, it’s hard to excuse this behavior when there are organizations that will care for and find new homes for unwanted animals.
This [...]
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Playing with Rat-Dog
Posted in Absurd, Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Originality, Styrofoam, animal art works, art and environment, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, fresh water, nature, public art, recycled art, sculpture, tagged Art, creativity, dog, Falls of the Ohio, found objects, Styrofoam sculpture on November 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Unusual Birds at the Falls of the Ohio
Posted in Absurd, Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Originality, Styrofoam, animal art works, animals, art and environment, birding, birds and birding, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, fresh water, nature, nature photography, public art, recycled art, sculpture, unusual collection, watershed, tagged Art, bird art, birds, creativity, found materials art, kinglet, site specific art on November 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Because the climate has been so spectacular of late, it’s been possible and desireable to hang out in the park to make and see what one can. This is another bird post, but one that specializes in what’s possible here in the fall. Some of these species are found no where else…and for good reason. I [...]
Cooper’s Hawk Day
Posted in Absurd, Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Originality, Styrofoam, animal art works, animals, art and environment, birding, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, fresh water, nature, nature photography, public art, recycled art, sculpture, watershed, tagged Art, Cooper's Hawk, Falls of the Ohio, railroad bridge, Styrofoam deer on November 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So often it has been the case that I would see a really special creature shortly after arriving at the Falls. I surprised this juvenile Cooper’s Hawk resting in a Cottonwood tree and it let me approach quite close before flying onto the railroad bridge. As this bird matures, the brown streaks on its breast [...]
Little Deer
Posted in Absurd, Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Originality, Styrofoam, animal art works, art and environment, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, fresh water, nature, public art, recycled art, sculpture, watershed, tagged Art, creativity, deer, Falls of the Ohio, found object art, site specific art, Styrofoam on November 4, 2009 | 7 Comments »
In the week since I last visited the Falls of the Ohio, we had enough rain for the Ohio River to rise once again. The willow trees nearest to the bank were a few feet underwater. I found the remains of Watchful Willie from a couple of posts ago as well as ”fresh” polystyrene scattered all along [...]
An Autumn Rarity, the Uncommon Bluebill
Posted in Absurd, Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Originality, Styrofoam, animal art works, art and environment, birds and birding, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, fresh water, nature, nature photography, public art, recycled art, sculpture, tagged Art, birding, found object art, nature photography, rare bird, Styrofoam on October 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
When the trees at the Falls of the Ohio reach peak color, birders keep an eye open for avian rarities. The Uncommon Bluebill may or more likely may not appear in the park. Usually birders have to settle for glossy pictures of this bird in fancy magazines devoted to all things…birds. Those images are usually taken in [...]
Galerie Hertz Exhibit
Posted in Absurd, Art, Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, Originality, Styrofoam, animal art works, collecting art, creativity, sculpture, unusual collection, tagged art exhibit, Galerie Hertz, sculpture on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After the Bluegrass Bioneers talk, I had works open in a group show at Galerie Hertz in Louisville. The exhibit dates are October 18 through November 14. Many of the fifteen sculptures on display were featured first in this blog. It’s a night and day difference seeing them in a gallery context as opposed to [...]
Blue-headed Vireo
Posted in Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Originality, Styrofoam, animal art works, art and environment, birding, birds and birding, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, fresh water, nature, nature photography, recycled art, sculpture, watershed, tagged found object art, Styrofoam, migration, ornithology, birds, Falls of the Ohio, vireo on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
October and the Fall migration is underway. One bird I look forward to seeing is the Blue-headed Vireo. I have spotted them the same week in October for two consecutive years now. I watched a pair working their way around the willow trees and observed one eating a fat, dark moth it caught. These vireos [...]
Trick or Treater
Posted in Absurd, Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Originality, Styrofoam, animal art works, animals, art and environment, creativity, environmental art, nature, nature photography, public art, recycled art, sculpture, tagged art and nature, butterfly, Falls of the Ohio, found materials art, Halloween figure, imagination, recycled art, trick or treat on October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Under the willows the trap has been set. With mask on and gun drawn the Trick or Treater isn’t waiting for the end of the month. Halloween is now. Soon a victim will appear and it will be “your candy or your life”! Sugar can do that to a fella…even one made from Styrofoam.
Waiting requires [...]
Autumn Shorebirds at the Falls
Posted in Absurd, Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Originality, Styrofoam, animal art works, animals, art and environment, birding, birds and birding, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, fresh water, nature, nature photography, public art, recycled art, sculpture, watershed, tagged birding, birds, dowitcher, Falls of the Ohio State Park, plover, recycled art, sandpiper, shorebirds, Styrofoam on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
September is the month that the smaller shorebirds begin their migrations through our area towards warmer southern climates. We see a variety of different species at the Falls of the Ohio. Here is one impromptu tribute to them made from polystyrene foam. This one is a Styro-Sandpiper dragging its wing in mock injury. Among the materials I used [...]
Adam’s Dragon
Posted in Absurd, Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Originality, Styrofoam, animal art works, animals, art and environment, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, fresh water, nature, nature photography, public art, recycled art, sculpture, unusual collection, tagged Art, creativity, dragon, driftwood, Falls of the Ohio, father and son, nature, play, Styrofoam on September 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
You can tell by looking at this photo that Adam is the life of the party! I hand my son the camera and the first picture he takes is of himself! The two of us went to the Falls the other day. We hiked around and then made some art together. Here are a few [...]
