Friday, September 20, 2024

Art Walk Part 2

 Hi everyone. Happy Friday. 

       Today I have some more photos from my art walk at Alnoba in Kensington, New Hampshire. I shared the info about it last week, so if you want to check out that post you can find it here: Art Walk Part 1.

        A couple of you asked about the artist led walk itself. It was just over 3 hours, but very leisurely. There was no rush to see everything at the center. The center is very large, and our artist guide liked to talk.  BUT, he also liked to learn, and I think everyone from our group had something to add. There were only 6 of us in the group, so everyone had a chance to be quite interactive. There was also a bathroom spot with a couple of the world's cleanest porta-potties. 😏

      The artist who led our tour was  Joseph Gray, and his media was stone. He has several pieces of art at Alnoba, but so do other artists. Since I have some faces I will be linking up to Nicole's Friday Face Off and I'm also linking up to Gillena's Friday Lunch Break.

      Let me start with a little more art by Joseph Gray, and then I'll share some other art.


This is one side of the statue up close.


And here is more of the statue including the face on the opposite side.


Gray said he made this piece because he had a Native American grandmother.

       Here is another piece by the artist. This is his circle of life, and it was right at the beginning of the tour next to the entrance to the woodland trail. 


This next series of photos are of  an interesting set of statues by Juame Plenza, an artist from Barcelona.






This was another piece of art by the same artist that we saw. It was a bit far off, but when I zoomed my camera lens I could see it better.



Here they are zoomed in.

And here is one more face by the same artist. The man in the photo is the artist Joseph Gray who led our art tour.



You might notice that this statue is actually quite thin.


I'll finish my post with a few more statues that I saw on the tour.


These white flame like  piece is made out of marble by Pablo Atchugarry, 
and next photo is this rock with a carved quote by Nelson Mandela. I know you can't really read the quote, but my eye caught the leaf shadows on  the stone, so this is my own art-grin.


     And finally this beautiful table outside of the main building on the grounds.  It is called Ice Ring and Gradient Table, and it was wonderfully warm to the touch. It is not only a table but also art made by Michele Oka Doner.



       I have more to share from this walk, so you'll have to wait for another post which won't be for a couple of weeks.
      The hubby is taking some time off next week, so he and I as well as the dogs are taking off for the week. I won't be around for Friday Face Off, Friday Lunch Break or Sunday Smiles (after this week). See you for those link ups when I'm back in 2 weeks.

Have a great weekend ahead.

16 comments:

David M. Gascoigne, said...

A worthwhile excursion and one that has obviously left an impression on you. It must have added to the moment to have one of the artists conduct the tour. I hope you have a great time in Québec. À la prochaine. David

Angie's Recipes said...

I love those statues sitting under the trees....what are those two that you zoomed in? Faces?

Tom said...

...thanks foir taking me on this art walk. I wonder what will happen to the statues by Juame Plenza as the trees grow?

Gillena Cox said...

You stone art photos are stunning.
Enjoy your time out with your hubby. Thanks for linking to Art For Fun Friday

much♡love

Iris Flavia said...

Wow that is wonderful art! Beautiful and interesting - thank you for sharing this. I always take the cam to loos, so when I find a fun one I can share :-)
Have a great Friday, hugs

sirkkis said...

An interesting stone statue park, indeed 👍🏼
Happy FFO and enjoy a weekend 😘

DVArtist said...

This is such a beautiful place with so much creative art. Thank you for sharing it with FFO and have a nice weekend.

Valerie-Jael said...

Such a fabulous place, I would love to visit there! Hugs, Valerie

The Happy Whisk said...

Those large head ones look like something from a movie. The ones around the trees though, those satues look sad to me. like the satues themselves are sad.

CJ Kennedy said...

I'm always amazed by the artist who can work stone. I liked the tree hugger statues, too. What were the letters on them? I haven't heard the weather for the week, but I hope you have some beautiful weather days. Seems because of the drought, the leaves are turning color earlier.

carol l mckenna said...

Awesome stone work creations ~ so glad to see these and what a great art excursion you had ~ unique ~ hugs, thanks,

Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)

Fundy Blue said...

Have a wonder time off with your hubby and the dogs, Erika! A little break is often good for the soul. I would have enjoyed this art walk, but your photos leave me wondering how Juame Plenza's were placed around the trees. Have a great week! ❤️

ashok said...

Liked all the art works... Keep sharing

Jeanie said...

Those sculptures are really striking and I love almost all of them. What a wonderful walk!

Divers and Sundry said...

How wonderful to have one of the artists guide the tour!

Neet said...

This was a fantastic journey for me. I so enjoyed myself and even called my husband over to show him the various stone pieces you had seen.
I marvelled at the first piece but then when I got to the figures clutching real growing trees I was utterly in awe. How fantastic must that have been, almost a reverent place. That is how I would have felt had I been there. I can just imagine the world standing silent and still for you.
But still more delights as I saw the first artist with his piece of that beautiful young girl. It looked so smooth and almost like porcelain.
The other more modern pieces were beautiful, as was the Circle of Life but I had left myself in the ring of figures with the trees.
I am now in my own space, thank you.
Hugs, Neet xx