I remember how one drawing instructor I had at the university used to say that “…line does not exist in nature”. I think about that statement every time I come across one of these tangles of fishing line. They always catch my eye and on occasion I have photographed them. It is true that line is a [...]
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Line in Nature
Posted in Absurd, Art, Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Originality, art and environment, collections, creativity, ecosytem, fresh water, nature, nature photography, public art, recycled art, sculpture, unusual collection, watershed, tagged Art, drawing, fishing line, monofilament on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fishing on the Rocks
Posted in Absurd, Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Originality, Styrofoam, animals, art and environment, birding, birds and birding, collections, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, fresh water, nature, nature photography, public art, recycled art, sculpture, unusual collection, watershed, tagged Art, fisherman, fishing, jigs, nature photography, Styrofoam on December 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The river is low and clear and fisherman have been testing their luck at the Falls of the Ohio. It’s one of those situations where even if the fish aren’t biting, it’s still wonderful to be out in nature. Sightseers have been moving along the riverbank and on this occasion I have come across other [...]
Late November Finds
Posted in Absurd, Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, art and environment, collections, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, fresh water, nature, nature photography, unusual collection, watershed, tagged Art, Falls of the Ohio, found objects, gourds, lost toys on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just to help pad a month of posts shortchanged by computer woes…I’m publishing some recent finds of mine at the Falls of the Ohio. I found these objects (and more) the last three times I visited the river across the way from Louisville. Something about the lay of the land and the prevailing currents push [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Shoes You Lose
Posted in Absurd, Art, Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Originality, art and environment, collections, creativity, ecosytem, fresh water, nature, nature photography, unusual collection, watershed, tagged flip-flop, photo essay, Ohio River, Falls of the Ohio, lost shoes, sandals, found footwear, shoe collection on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve started another collection of images courtesy of you and the Ohio River. Here’s the latest in found footwear located within the Falls of the Ohio State Park. Although I have noticed lost shoes for years, I have only recently started taking pictures of them. So, in many respects this represents the height of riverine [...]
Ohio River Sea Life
Posted in Absurd, Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Originality, animals, art and environment, collections, creativity, ecosytem, fresh water, nature, nature photography, public art, recycled art, unusual collection, watershed, tagged Art, flotsam and jetsam, octopus, Ohio River, photography, plastic toys, river finds, sea life, seahorse on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The inspiration for this post comes from a couple newspaper articles that appeared in the Courier-Journal a few years ago. Seems somebody found a dead, but genuine octopus at the Falls of the Ohio! Since our fair area is over a thousand miles away from the ocean and its salty water this was quite a discovery. How did it [...]
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 [...]
Man in a Tired Landscape
Posted in Absurd, Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Originality, Styrofoam, art and environment, collecting art, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, fresh water, nature, nature photography, public art, recycled art, sculpture, unusual collection, watershed, tagged anonymous art, found object figure, landscape photography, site specific art, Styrofoam sculpture, tires on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had the itch to make a larger figure today, but only had a few hours to do it in. I reached my outdoor studio and was elated to find that someone had left me a couple presents. Two very abstract sculptures made with the materials I had left behind. Here are what they looked [...]
Passing Gas(oline) Container Collection
Posted in Absurd, Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Originality, Styrofoam, art and environment, collections, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, fresh water, nature, nature photography, recycled art, sculpture, unusual collection, watershed, tagged Falls of the Ohio, fossils, found objects, gas cans, gasoline, petrochemical, petroleum, photo essay, photography, plastic, unusual collection on August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have just posted a new collection of images that can be found in my Pages section. This selection is of gasoline containers found in context at the Falls of the Ohio State Park. All theses containers reached here by floating down or with the Ohio River. I find there is a certain level of [...]
