Category:Fine Art
Without having said what this was an image of, it’s difficult to know. It could just as easily be a shot of some metamorphosed rock or perhaps the bark of a tree.
It’s said that the eye is immediately drawn to red items. I think that’s certainly the case in this image where I find my eye is immediately drawn to the Dr. Pepper can. But what I find even more curious is the total absence of Coca-Cola cans. I’ve looked over and over but don’t see a single one.
Despite the austere times of the Great Depression, public art works were still funded. Across the road from the Hoover Dam Visitor Center one finds the twin Winged Figures of the Republic by sculptor Oskar J.W. Hansen. Each figure is 30 feet tall. This photo is of the feet of one of the statues. While the upper part of the statues have taken on a green patina, the feet are within reach and the constant touching has resulted in the […]
When my wife Karen and I built our house we decided not to build a pool. It seems not a year passes by in Houston without several children drowning in pools. With our son only two years old and the time and our daughter minus 4 months old when we moved in, we’d decided we just didn’t want the risk. Fast forward eight years and both kids look forward eagerly to Memorial Day when the neighborhood pools open and we […]