On a variable day where the sun played hide and seek among the clouds, I visited the Falls of the Ohio to see what there was to see and experience. Thus far, Spring is shaping up to be much warmer than normal and many different plants in the city where I live have flowered early. [...]
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Guardian of the Bottle Tree
Posted in Absurd, Art, art and environment, creativity, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, public art, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam, watershed, tagged Art, artist at exit 0, bottle tree, Falls of the Ohio, found materials, nature, photography, plastic bottles, recycled art, ritual, site specific art, spring, Styrofoam, trashy story on March 24, 2012 | 12 Comments »
Palm Saturday
Posted in Absurd, animal art works, Art, art and environment, birding, collections, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, Louisville, Kentucky, nature, public art, tagged Art, artist at exit 0, environmental story, Falls of the Ohio, found materials, nature, Ohio River, photography, plastic goldfish, plastic tree, recycled art, site specific art, Styrofoam on March 18, 2012 | 8 Comments »
Dear readers…I have so much to post and have fallen a couple of weeks behind. The work a day world has been extra busy (and rewarding) of late. Still, I have made time to go to the river and “do my thing” to maintain my peace of mind. It’s time now to post my images [...]
The Temperate Bird of Paradise
Posted in Absurd, Art, art and environment, birds and birding, collections, creativity, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, nature photography, Ohio River, Originality, public art, recycled art, Styrofoam, watershed, tagged Art, bird of paradise, birds, creative ornithology, creativity, driftwood, Falls of the Ohio, nature, nature story, photography, recycled art, signs, Styrofoam, unnatural history on January 31, 2012 | 6 Comments »
A gray day with the Ohio River rising and I’m exploring this huge driftwood mound created by last spring’s flooding. Over the last few months this section has seen other minor floods and even a fire. It’s interesting to me to see how the river has a leveling effect as it flows under and moves [...]
Coal Dust Beach…a Found Object Story
Posted in Absurd, Art, art and environment, collections, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, public art, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam, watershed, tagged Art, Beach combing, coal, dolls, driftwood, environmental story, Falls of the Ohio, flotsam and jetsam, found objects, nature photography, old toys, public art, recycled materials, sculpture, Styrofoam, toy truck on January 28, 2012 | 15 Comments »
On a recent expedition to the Falls of the Ohio I came across a small section of the Ohio River within the park that surprised me because of all the coal I found. Over this warmer than usual January, the Ohio River has fluctuated due to the rain and snow that have fallen upriver [...]
Rubber Ducky Collection
Posted in Absurd, animal art works, Art, art and environment, birding, collections, creativity, Falls of the Ohio, fresh water, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, unusual collection, tagged Art, artistatexit0, bath tub duck, collecting, Falls of the Ohio, flots, found objects, lost and found, Louisville, Kentucky, nature, plastic toy, rubber duck, rubber ducky collection on December 30, 2011 | 10 Comments »
One last post before all of 2011′s sand runs through the hour-glass! Here are a few of the many rubber duckies that I have come across at the Falls of the Ohio over the years. I thought it would be a fun way to end the year. If you would like to see more ducky [...]
Post Halloween at the Falls of the Ohio
Posted in Absurd, Art, collections, creativity, Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, recycled art, Styrofoam, unusual collection, tagged Art, artistatexit0, Beach combing, decorations, Falls of the Ohio, Halloween, Jack-o-lanterns, Louisville, Styrofoam art on November 6, 2011 | 10 Comments »
I met my friend the “Professor” by the old cottonwood tree that has been turned into a hang-out of sorts for the local teenagers. I don’t get to see him as often as I would like to…so the time we spend together is meaningful for me. Usually, we pick a topic to converse about and [...]
Found Note in a Bottle
Posted in collections, Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, recycled art, unusual collection, watershed, tagged artistatexit0, Beach combing, Falls of the Ohio, flotsam and jetsam, found objects, lost and found, note in a bottle, Ohio River on October 19, 2011 | 8 Comments »
For many years I’ve been beach combing at the Falls of the Ohio and I bet I’ve looked at thousands of bottles and never found one with a note in it…until now! I was going through a bag at home where I’ve stored bottles I’ve collected in the park when I noticed one that had [...]
Bellarmine University Exhibition
Posted in Absurd, animal art works, Art, collections, creativity, environmental art, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, recycled art, unusual collection, tagged Art, art exhibition, art gallery, artistatexit0, Bellarmine University, Falls of the Ohio, found materials, Louisville, McGrath Gallery, recycled art, Scott Scarboro, Styrofoam on September 24, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Hard to believe a week has passed since this exhibition opened and summer has made room for autumn as well. Such is the passing of time. As promised here are a few views of the show my work is in which opened at Bellarmine University’s McGrath Gallery on September 16. The exhibit is entitled “Outcasts [...]
River Horse
Posted in Absurd, animals, Art, art and environment, ecosytem, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, nature, nature photography, public art, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam, watershed, tagged Art, artistatexit0, coal, driftwood, Falls of the Ohio, flotsam and jetsam, found objects, material culture, nature, Ohio River, photography, recycled art, Styrofoam, willow tree on June 30, 2011 | 5 Comments »
June began all bare bones in the aftermath of our minor flooding and now at month’s end it passes overgrown with vines. Near the tainter gates, a massive raft of driftwood lies intertwined with the landscape. We haven’t seen such a wooden mound in many years. June had some odd and compelling images and here [...]
Just Left of the Bridge
Posted in Absurd, animals, Art, art and environment, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, fresh water, Louisville, Kentucky, nature, nature photography, Ohio River, public art, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam, watershed, tagged Art, artistatexit0, butterflies, Falls of the Ohio, found materials, Louisville, nature, nature photography, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam on June 11, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Just left or east of the railroad bridge at the Falls of the Ohio is where this adventure occurred. The river was still high but dropping. I was enjoying working in a section of the park that I don’t normally hang out at, but have discovered is both full of wildlife and potential art materials. [...]
