This week including the field art and scultures, artists lived on the farms and created a body of work based on their experience. These large canvases were produced by artist Bill Stone. His work is very interesting, being created by broad stroke with a pallette knife. He focused on the farms cattle herd.
One of the existing statues is in Mix Park. It's 13 feet high and depicts Abraham Lincoln and Chief Blackhawk. This is a detail of the statue. Chief Blackhawk clings to a buffalo robe, the only covering left to him.
I thought this artist quite brave to transport his work (lifesize) to the park for display. This will soon be cast in bronze. Even in it's clay state it's beautiful. It depicts Demeter, the greek goddess of the bountiful harvest.
7 comments:
I really like the big paintings.
The aerial shots on the previous post were really neat...thanks for sharing!
Thank you for sharing those. Quite stunning. I love the cows.
Wow -- those are great pieces -- all of them! What a treasure to be able to experience so much talent in one place!
Cracker - those paintings were awesome...bold and large. He sold a couple of them over the weekend. His site is at
billstonestudio.com
Lynne- That 13 foot statue of Lincoln and Chief Blackhawk is amazing. It's almost impossible to photograph in it's entirety, because the two figure are basically back to back. The Demeter sculpture is special, as she is very "common" and earthy looking, not a traditional beauty. I thought I heard the man saying that the artists inspiration was a woman he saw in the grocery store!
The paintings of the cattle are wonderful. I think the best effect would be to see them from a distance. It's nice to see that there is still great art talent today.
Thanks for displaying the paintings of the cattle. I'm impressed.
I am looking for a painting of the Blackhawk statue, preferably by a local artist.
My e-mail is Cheryl201@aol.com
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