art

Get Rolling in Bowling Green

When I saw this piece of art outside the Bowling Green, KY, Convention and Visitors Bureau Information Center, I was immediately taken back to my STL250 cake-hunting days. The car, so central to Bowling Green’s identity as a Corvette manufacturing city, was covered in references to local attractions, including Chaney’s Dairy Barn, Beech Bend Park, and WKU and Big Red himself!

Cheers from the Old Brewery District

I think this mural on West Main in Belleville is one of the original designs from the Belleville Mural Project, but I didn’t have a chance to photograph it until recently. I love that it covers two walls of the building…it has so much color, and contains so many local references!

Triton Tuesday–Changing Identities

This sculpture at the UMSL South Metrolink Station is beautiful!

“Untitled” Rocks

My other favorite piece at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden was an untitled set of rocks painted with a cool, shimmering, metallic paint in lovely shades:

Like most art, I can’t tell you exactly why I was drawn to it, only that I was.

Again I was grateful for the rain that had fallen which offered some interesting views reflecting off the puddles!

“Spoonbridge and Cherry”

As promised, here’s a closer look at my very favorite sculpture in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden…”Spoonbridge and Cherry.” Pretty self-explanatory, no?

I especially love that not only is the spoon sitting in the water, the stem of the cherry is also a water feature!

This was a really cool thing to get to see in person, with the city in the background and the cherry standing out against the grey sky!

Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

One of my favorite things about our trip to Minneapolis last month was getting to visit the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. It’s a beautiful place, with many interesting pieces of art. My two favorites (which I’ll be looking at in greater detail in the coming days) were “Spoonbridge and Cherry,” which I’m told is a favorite of locals, as well, and at set of shimmering “Untitled” rocks:

There were so many other cool sculptures, too:

We were fortunate to experience only a bit of light rain while we were there, but the rain that had fallen earlier made for some excellent puddle photography!

I love finding cool local places to visit when we travel!