Patrick Dougherty est un artiste américain du courant land art. Conjuguant ses talents de charpentier avec son amour de la nature, Patrick Dougherty a d’abord approfondi sa connaissance des techniques primitives de construction et a alors expérimenté l’utilisation de jeunes arbres comme matériau de prédilection. Son travail évoluera rapidement d’une pièce unique rudimentaire à des installations atteignant des échelles monumentales. Au cours des trente dernières années, il a ainsi réalisé plus de 275 sculptures végétales éphémères, et est aujourd’hui internationalement reconnu. Ses installations sont visibles dans le monde entier: de l’Écosse au Japon, en passant par Bruxelles, et partout aux États-Unis.

Patrick Dougherty is an american land artist. Combining his carpentry skills with his love of nature, Patrick Dougherty began to learn more about primitive techniques of building and to experiment with tree saplings as construction material. His work quickly evolved from single pieces on conventional pedestals to monumental scale environmental works, which required saplings by the truckloads. Over the last thirty years, he has built over 275 of these site-specific, temporary works, and become internationally acclaimed. His sculpture has been seen worldwide—from Scotland to Japan to Brussels, and all over the United States.

A warm memory from a couple of months ago -we've hardly seen the sun for the past week.

We found this sand sculpture at the beach along with several others, I think a school group had been there that afternoon probably for a beach education lesson.

Vaikuntha Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram was constructed shortly after the Kailasanathar temple was built. It was built by the Pallava king Nandivarman and was completed in the 7th century A.D. There are three different levels of the main shrine. The sculptures of Lord Vishnu in the main shrine, are quite massive in size depicting the Lord in sitting, standing and reclining postures. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to the Lord Vishnu.

This ancient temple is protected and maintained by Archaelogical Survey of India.

Pentax K3-II, objectif HD Pentax DA 16-85mm à 28mm. F4, 200 iso. HDR de 3 prises -2 à +2 EV. RAW DNG. Sans trépied.

Interprétation photographique de l’œuvre d'Antoine Milians

"Origamis". Annecy 2018.

www.annecy-paysages.com/installations/origamis-10.html

At the mall on a sunny, mild day in January.

This set of bronze scuptures by Cole Sopov erected just outside the Melbourne Arts Centre in 1984.

This image is included in 2 galleries :- 1) "Art Sculpure" curated by Odd K Hauge and 2) "Statues and sculptures" by Jane Statham.

Kailasanathar Temple, Taramangalam

At the Octagonal Pool at NJ Botanical Gardens. Shot with infrared converted camera which gave the lovely tones to the foliage and the stark contrast of the fountain scupture.

hayes valley - san francisco, california

At Daniel Thwaites Brewery, Ribble Valley, Lancashire UK.

www.lancashirephotography.com

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Crossings: No bird is afraid of falling, during it’s flight. // No stone cramps, ahead of being split / after tumbling down the mountain. // Wood supports metal, in this mirror.

This is a metal horse scupture that is in Ojai's Rotary Park. The park once was home to a historic railroad station.

I paid a visit to my favourite tree in the Catlins last week only to find that some of it has succumbed to the wind.

Flypaper textured

A detail of Antonio Bernocchi's mausoleum in the Cimitero Monumentale

From the Irish Legend The Children of Lir

by Mico Kaufman; this sculpture sits outside the Abbey's visitor Centre.

"Girl Reading" -- about 1860

a marble sculpture by Giovanni Ciniselli,

Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts

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Giovanni Ciniselli (1832-83) was born near Milan,

he settled in Rome in 1856. He exhibited in Europe

and Australia.

-- Gary Nisbit

Located in the Vatican Museum, Rome.

photo Alexandra Rougeron

'OLD PHOTOS RELATED TO STAITHES PROJECTED ON A BUILDING WALL' - 'STAITHES ART AND HERITAGE FESTIVAL' - SEPTEMBER 8th 2018

blogged: beetlegirl.typepad.com/

Rusting old capstan transforming into a strange scupture on the Whitehaven's North Pier.

I have always loved the desert. You sit on a sand dune. You see nothing. You do not hear anything. And yet something shines silently

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Aviator, writer (1900 - 1944)

J'ai toujours aimé le désert. On s'assoit sur une dune de sable. On ne voit rien. On n'entend rien. Et cependant quelque chose rayonne en silence

Antoine De Saint-Exupéry

Aviateur, écrivain (1900 - 1944)

sculpture by Emile Picault

à admirer....

A wooden scupture of a tree that sits in Salt Mill park alongside the river Tamar

Bronze scupture by Jose Luis Fernandez in Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid

This temple is situated near Cheyyar, Kanchipuram. Chola based temples are known for perfection and beauty.

The chief features of Chola temples are their massive vimanas or towers and spacious courtyards. Most of the Chola temples were built in the Dravidian style.

This lovely scupture was created by Ramiz Barquet in 1984; titled "La Nostalgia".

Thank you for your comments and visits. Gail

if you live in london you need to go see the antony gormley exhibition at the haywood gallery, then you can pretend to be cultured like me

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