The Weird, Wondrous World of Patricia Piccinini!

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Top of the Day is this fabulous look at the Sky Whales that Ruth saw in Australia 

 -- with a couple more looks below.

Sky Whales from Ruth -- link -- 

Sky Whales -- link -- 


Patricia Piccinini's website -- link -- 

Her instagram -- link -- 


From Google Arts & Culture: 

Desert Riders, Mountain at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, N.C. -- link -- 

Big Mother -- link -- 

Team WAF (Primo) -- link -- 

First Satisfied Customer (Your Time Starts Now Series - The Mutant Genome Project) 


Some of her "creatures / biological forms" in a warehouse -- link -- Click on the images for more!!




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