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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The Variegated Oriole
Posted in Absurd, animal art works, Art, art and environment, birds and birding, creativity, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, nature photography, Originality, public art, recycled art, sculpture, tagged Art, artist at exit 0, birds, creativity, detritus, Falls of the Ohio, John James Audubon, nature, ornithology, photography, recycled materials, repurposed materials, site specific art, Styrofoam on April 7, 2012 | 9 Comments »
It’s Spring and I’m walking the eastern section of the Falls of the Ohio State Park looking for birds. I have done this religiously for years and have seen most of the species that have been recorded in this park. I love birds because they are such beautiful expressions of life. I envy their extreme mobility [...]
Phillip C. Nelson and the Story of Three Objects
Posted in Absurd, Art, art and environment, ecosytem, environmental art, Ohio River, public art, recycled art, watershed, tagged Art, artist at exit 0, Beaver Falls, Camp Nelson, cigarette lighters, Falls of the Ohio, flotsam and jetsam, found objects, garbage, nature, Ohio River watershed, photography, recycled materials, Steubenville on April 1, 2012 | 7 Comments »
The ritual must have worked because when I returned to the Falls of the Ohio a week later the greening of the world was underway. Small leaves were sprouting from the willow branches and many of the area’s trees were flowering. There was a palpable sense of pollen being everywhere and my airways felt irritated [...]
Goofy Guy
Posted in Absurd, Art, art and environment, creativity, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, Ohio River, public art, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam, tagged absurdity, Art, artist at exit 0, Falls of the Ohio, found materials, nature, photography, public art, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam on March 19, 2012 | 10 Comments »
Welcome to another adventure set in the western section of the Falls of the Ohio State Park. As promised, here is what amounts to part two of my last entry. On this particular day I was involved with two sculptures made using found materials. The first was the Banana Palm Mockingbird that I was photographing [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
