BIG, BOLD & FANCIFUL!

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 We celebrate the photographic art of Barry T, one of our members! His photographs really set our mood in terms of beauty but also in the whimsical & vivid birds he photographs. Barry also shares a rare portrait, the elegant photo of the hands of Ansel Adams as he signed his book, Yosemite and the Range of Light.  

Top of the Day is the fairy art of UK sculptor Robin Wight. Robin creates these variously sized dancing flying fairies out of stainless steel. I added a couple more photos as well as; one with a costume per a member’s suggestion to include the color this artist incorporates. You can also see Robin with one of them to show the grand scale with which he works.

Florentijn Hofman’s 100 by 60 ft Party Aardvark is passed out! We enjoyed his whimsical creation along with photos of the children in Arnhem, Netherlands, romping all over the lounging colorful, concrete beast! This really is “a piece of art about an Aardvark!” We briefly gandered at one of Hofman's PVC Ducky sculptures, and his Moon Bunny from a Korea installation.

At 35 feet tall, The Colossus of Tuscany (I mistakenly said Florence, but it’s about 7 miles north of that city) Italy is part of a public park. Built by renowned Italian sculptor Giambologna, it houses several “secret” grottos within. One of our gang noticed the hand of the Mountain God Appennino is placed on a beast’s head – a dragon perhaps?! When it was built in the late 1500s, smoke flowed out of the monster's nostrils & water poured out of its mouth! Such a good eye to catch that and a great cap to the story of this massive sculpture. 

Here is a link to the Aardvark on Google Maps.

  • Aardvark! -- link --
  • Party Aardvark -- link --
  • Fun! -- link --
  • Kid & Paw -- link --
  • Party Time -- link --
  • Sacked out! -- link --
  • Duckey! -- link --
  • Moon Rabit -- link --
  • Colussus -- link --
  • Colussus 1 -- link --
  • Colussus Rooms -- link --
  • Colussus Rooms 1 -- link --
  • Colussus Closeup -- link --
  • Colussus Far off -- link --
  • Robin Wight's Fairy Art -- link --
  • Robin Wight's Fairy Art 1 -- link --
  • Robin Wight's Fairy Art 2 -- link --
  • Robin Wight's Fairy Art 4 -- link --
  • Robin Wight's Fairy Art 3 -- link --
  • Robin Wight's Fairy Art 5 -- link --
  • Robin Wight's Fairy Art 6 -- link --
  • Robin Wight's Fairy Art 7 -- link --

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