Watcher
This is another sculpture from my visit to the Maine Audubon Society at Gilsland Farm. Here we see The Sentinel, a sculpture constructed out of sapling by The Myth Makers Andy Moerlein and Donna Dodson in 2012. This and the piece I showed yesterday are two of the 82 sculptures from 35 New England artists on display this fall in the show,"A Celebration of Art and Nature" on the property. I would imagine there is a lot of wear and tear on an installation like this. It is for sale and if bought the artists will construct you a new one wherever you choose. This 'watcher of the meadow' lurks over you as you drive up the winding path towards their main building. I hear, sometimes, when they disassemble their wooden installations, they just set them ablaze. That might be kind of exciting for an upcoming All Hallows Eve haunt.
As Audubon was a fine birds observer , and as this statue is called "Sentinel", I see a raven here , watching over the meadow.But it's not the kind I'd like to have in my garden .
ReplyDeleteSimple, but quite effective: I like this Sentinel!
ReplyDeletekinda creepy; kinda cool!
ReplyDeleteyes, all the pond photos i show are right here at home - out my back yard. :)
Wow! You do have amazing 'visitors'!
Deletej aime bcp ce corbeau,tres reussi ;o)
ReplyDeletebon w end
Poor artists won't make a penny off me. I like the work though.
ReplyDeleteKind of an edgy Big Bird. :-)
ReplyDeleteI like it! And your pic!
ReplyDeleteCool statue. It looks like something that would be in a Neil Gaiman book.
ReplyDeleteRather nice.
ReplyDeleteYou shouldn't have said that because now I want to see them set ablaze.
Beautiful autumn colours too!
Ya, I found their "Myth Moose" in NH up in flames on their website.
Deletei like it, but it is a little creepy, but cool, but still a little creepy :D
ReplyDeleteI have a lot of these in my backyard that peck at the fruit on our apple tree. Only they're much smaller. And alive.
ReplyDeleteI see a raven in it too.
ReplyDeleteVery Poe-ish, mm?
ReplyDeleteNevermore.
DeleteBeautiful piece.
ReplyDeleteIt looks a lot like a raven. Then the Maine version of Burning Man?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely a black bird!
ReplyDeleteIt's an amazing sculpture Birdman and somehow a nonfire at the end of his time seems symbolically perfect.
ReplyDeleteIt is a raven. Period.
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