Previously, I mentioned how interested I had become by the frayed barge cables I was finding tangled up with the willow trees at the Falls of the Ohio. I really liked watching the process of change as these big synthetic ropes broke down through river power and dissolved back into nature as artificial raw materials. I [...]
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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 Water Weasel
Posted in Absurd, animal art works, Art, art and environment, collections, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, nature, nature photography, Ohio River, recycled art, Styrofoam, tagged Art, artist at exit 0, driftwood, Falls of the Ohio, flotsam and jetsam, found materials, nature, photography, predator and prey, recycled art, Styrofoam, White-footed mouse on March 3, 2012 | 12 Comments »
Twenty four hours later, people in the Kentuckiana area are still trying to absorb what happened yesterday. A monstrous tornado completely wiped out several small communities including the town of Henryville which is about twenty miles from my home in Louisville. It’s a scene of complete destruction and there was loss of life all along [...]
Rising River Salute
Posted in Absurd, Art, art and environment, environmental art, fresh water, nature, Ohio River, public art, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam, watershed, tagged Art, artist at exit 0, creativity, Falls of the Ohio, found materials, Louisville, nature, photography, picnic table, recycled art, Styrofoam sculpture on February 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I think today’s post will be shorter than usual, but will need to type it out to be sure. On this visit to the Ohio River I found it rising which surprised me because we haven’t had much in the way of either rain or snow this year. When I arrived on the scene, many [...]
Hooray for Troop 1008!
Posted in Absurd, Art, art and environment, birds and birding, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, nature, Ohio River, public art, recycled art, watershed, tagged Art, artistatexit0, birding, environmental clean up, Falls of the Ohio, fishing, girl scouts, public art, river clean up, sculpture, Styrofoam on November 20, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Last Saturday was a fun adventure for me and involved a few more people than usual too! First, the morning light was fantastic and I met photographer Ross Gordon down at the Falls who is working on a photo project of his own. We walked to my outdoor studio to see how things were weathering. [...]
Mountaintop Minibar
Posted in Absurd, Art, art and environment, collections, ecosytem, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, fresh water, nature, Ohio River, public art, recycled art, sculpture, watershed, tagged Art, art in context, artistatexit0, coal, Falls of the Ohio, found materials, Kentucky, Louisville, Ohio River, public art, recycled art, recycled bottles, sculpture on November 19, 2011 | 4 Comments »
As promised, here are a few images from my completed bottle project. For the last several months I have been finding empty liquor bottles and filling them with the coal that washed into the park after last spring’s flood. A recent invitation to participate in a coal-themed art exhibition gave me a new reason to [...]
Pied Woodpecker Sighting
Posted in Absurd, animal art works, animals, Art, art and environment, birds and birding, creativity, environmental art, nature, nature photography, Originality, recycled art, tagged Art, artistatexit0, butterflies, creative ornithology, creativity, Falls of the Ohio, found materials, nature, nature photography, recycled art, Styrofoam, unnatural history, upscaled art on October 25, 2011 | 4 Comments »
After a brief cold and wet spell I made it out to the Falls of the Ohio last Saturday. The Ohio River was rising as were the temperatures which had dipped into the 30 degree mark for a few days. One look around here and there is no doubt that it is autumn in Kentuckiana. [...]
It’s Early October
Posted in Absurd, Art, art and environment, creativity, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, nature, nature photography, public art, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam, tagged Art, artistatexit0, coal, Falls of the Ohio, found materials, nature, nature photography, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam on October 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After the briefest cold period, we have had a glorious week of perfect weather. It’s been good to get back to the river after having the focus of the project shift away from the park and into a gallery. Looking around, you can begin to detect those subtle shifts in color beginning to happen in [...]
The Black-billed Heron
Posted in Absurd, animal art works, Art, art and environment, birds and birding, creativity, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, fresh water, nature, nature photography, Ohio River, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam, tagged adventure, Art, artistatexit0, birds, Falls of the Ohio, found materials, garbage art, heron, nature photography, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam on September 7, 2011 | 12 Comments »
It’s the Falls of the Ohio State Park in late summer. We haven’t had any significant rain in a few weeks and the fossil beds are exposed as the river has retreated away. This isn’t a permanent condition…just the way it is during this season. Visitors are walking over the rocks and admiring the many [...]
…the Heat Rises
Posted in Absurd, animals, Art, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, nature, nature photography, public art, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam, tagged Art, artistatexit0, click beetle, coal, discarded automobile tires, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, found materials, Kentucky, material culture, nature, photography, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam on July 7, 2011 | 7 Comments »
I threw my arms up into the air and said “WHAAAAA”! I had been resting in the shade after a couple of hours of junk scavenging when I heard this low vibrating sound and the bump of something landing on my head. Reflexively, I knocked off whatever was on my noggin and it fell to [...]
