Full Stop
This unusual artwork on London’s South Bank, close to Tower Bridge, provides fun reflections as sunset approaches. -Full Stop Slipstream, by Fiona Banner, 2003 Linked to Weekend Reflections.
Man Made or Natural?
Look closely at the figure above and tell me, do you think the material is natural or man-made? This sculpture is one of two by Italian artist Aron Demetz. They […]
Windows – Ohla la
Barcelona’s windows never fail to impress. These particular fenestrations belong to a neo-classical building, built on the site of the former palace of the first Count of Barcelona. Previously a […]
Flirtatious Giraffe
This flirtatious giraffe is one of two sculptures by Josep Granyer i Giralt (1899-1983) that grace Barcelona’s Rambla de Catalunya. This one is La girafa coqueta or “Coquettish Giraffe”; the other will be featured […]
From the Greatest to the Least
I’m not entirely sure whether this sculpture in Kew Gardens is something useful or whether it’s a device for torture, but it is certainly exquisitely made and very inventive. Linked […]
Head to Head
“Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupery Linked to Shoot and Quote: Direction.
Mistress of the Unexpected
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, DBE (1890 – 1976) was an incredibly prolific English writer, known best, of course, for her crime novels (66 in all). She also wrote short stories and plays, plus six romances under the […]
An Eerie Muse
There’s a strange sculpture in l’Espace Pierre Cardin in Paris: it is a featureless face hidden in part behind a veil that is held aloft by bodiless hands. This bronze sculpture […]
Big Pink
This striking, abstract sculpture was on display in Manhattan’s City Park in summer 2010 as part of the “Statuesque” exhibition. Aaron Curry (b1972, San Antonio, TX) was showing three pieces […]
Stone Horses
Several sculptures by Belgian artist Giles Falisse (b. 1964) were on display at Royal Ascot this summer. His use of natural stone combined with an open framework of steel, makes […]
Two Peas in a Pod
Strolling around a Wiltshire hotel garden , I came across an oversized pea pod: This month’s CBBH Photo Challenge called for a pair of something. I think you’ll have to agree that […]
Travel with Intent 