Last Monday Sharon from Phoenix Daily Photo shared a photo she took of an Arizona mural which has a cactus flower and an ear of corn on it. She is trying to figure out the message that the ear of corn is supposed to send.
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| Arizona ear of corn ~ Photo: Sharon, Phoenix Daily Photo |
On the other side of the US in midwestern Dayton, Ohio, a mural artist painted one of the city's newest murals on some abandoned silos close to the Second Street Market and the railroad tracks. Some very colorful cacti now brighten these old silos. They seem out of place in this semi-industrial part of town but nonetheless they're fun. My thought is that the artist needed something big to fit on a tall and slender space.
But isn't that what art is supposed to do...make the observer think?
Regardless, I like the ear of corn in Arizona and the Saguaro cactus in Ohio.
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| Ohio cacti |
Art making the mundane or ugly, eye catching.
ReplyDeleteIt is a bright and fun piece of art!
DeleteI like those cacti very much. They are beautifully painted. They certainly add some color to that snow covered scene.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the shout-out.
I can't imagine being that high up holding a paint brush. And yes, the artist had a creative vision for the space.
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