Month: August 2012

Seurat, Sundays and Top Hats..

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Georges Seurat (1859-1891), the father of pointillism never visited Iowa.

But Iowa sure likes him a lot. So much so that when several large oak trees fell during a storm, artist Ted McElhiney carved them into the figures from Seurat’s most famous painting “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”. And Mr. McElhiney didn’t keep all the fun for himself, the figures were then painted by local high school students. They now are a fixture on Credit Island In Davenport, Iowa.

That is pretty darn cool.

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All I ever did in high school was (badly) paint a gigantic picture of a carousel horse that for some reason my mother insists on hanging in her bathroom.

Well done, Mr. McElhiney and  teenagers!

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©Virginia Spencer, thepurpledogpaintingblog, 2012

Weekly Photo Challenge: Purple

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This week’s Photo Challenge’s theme is Purple.

I was trying and trying to come up with something purple.

Had an idea floating in the back of my head..

Hmmm….What was I going to do?

Was I going to show you some sage?

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Pretty, but no, no that wasn’t it..

Sammy, can you help me out?

Oh! I beg your pardon, I didn’t know you were in the bath.

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How about the balloon flowers? They are a lovely shade aren’t they.

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Also pretty but no, that wasn’t it either..

Sammy why are you laughing at me? I know, my memory is just terrible!

But considering how much stuff you have buried in the back, I wouldn’t mock if I were you.

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Oh what a minute, I did use a purple filter on the Moon, I mean I was actually on the Earth taking a photo of the Moon with a purple filter…(Grammar will get you every time. So will gravity, come to think of it.)

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No, no I’m sorry folks I just can’t remember what purple photos I wanted to show you…

It’s a shame really..

Why are you looking so frustrated, Sammy??

It’s okay, maybe this Purple theme will come around again..

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We’ll try again next week.

If you would like to participate in the Weekly Photo Challenges, follow the link and join in!

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©Virginia Spencer, thepurpledogpaintingblog, 2012