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 »
This is Art, Trash…
Posted in Absurd, Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Originality, Styrofoam, art and environment, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, fresh water, nature, public art, recycled art, sculpture, watershed, tagged Art, Falls of the Ohio, found materials, recycled art, Styrofoam, trash on December 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s the first real taste of winter and the few people out at the Falls today are hardy fishermen and me. The only birds I encountered were a quartet of Carolina Chickadees moving through the tops of the now “nude” willows. All this year’s leaves are lying brown and curled up around the bases of these [...]
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 [...]
JuJu Bottleman and his Horde
Posted in Absurd, Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Originality, Styrofoam, art and environment, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, fresh water, nature, public art, recycled art, sculpture, watershed, tagged Art, creativity, found object art, Ohio River, plastic bottles, Styrofoam sculpture on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is my 1ooth post! I was really looking forward to writing this about two weeks a go when my computer crashed! The real horror was that many of my Falls of the Ohio project images weren’t backed up. I do have stuff on flash drives, CDs, memory cards, and yes, this blog, but the hard [...]
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 [...]
Autumn Fun
Posted in Absurd, Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, Originality, Styrofoam, art and environment, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, fresh water, nature, nature photography, public art, recycled art, sculpture, watershed, tagged Art, creativity, Falls of the Ohio, found objects, Styrofoam on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On a warm Kentuckiana weekend I spent as much time along the river as I could “safely” justify doing. Days like this don’t stick around forever. Before you know it, the chill in the air will hang there for months until it is relieved by Spring. On Saturday, there was the street wide clean-up with the family and [...]
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 [...]
My Favorite Sycamores
Posted in Art, Falls of the Ohio, Green, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, art and environment, ecosytem, fresh water, nature, nature photography, watershed, tagged Ent-ish trees, Falls of the Ohio, Sycamore tree, tree roots, trees on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) is a large and familiar tree found primarily east of the Mississippi River. Many people recognize it by its mottled bark revealing patches of brown and white color. Usually sycamore trees are found close to water and that is the case at the Falls of the Ohio. I have a favorite [...]
