Sign for Kelley Collision Center 2012
Dr. Bramblett Rd, Cumming
Friday, March 2, 2012
Athos Menaboni Artwork
One of the world's finest painters of bird life, Athos Menaboni, lived and worked in Atlanta. Kennesaw State University is fortunate to have many of his works in their collection - thanks to the generosity of patron D. Russell Clayton and the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation. Works are on permanent display or shown in special exhibits throughout the year at various venues on the KSU campus.
The photo below is from a large mural depicting Cherokee County.
The photo below is from a large mural depicting Cherokee County.
Detail of a painting showing a Brown Thrasher, Georgia State Bird
Stairwell Messages
What better public place for students to express in writing the truth-known-to-college-students-everywhere than the stairwell of their university's parking garage? After all, a stairwell is really just a great big empty space waiting for an epiphany.
Frey Rd off Chastain Rd 2012
Level 2
Interestingly, the truth on the ground floor is balanced just a few steps higher by a second, and perhaps more telling, truth-known-to-college-students-everywhere.
Level 2 1/2
See Rock City
A popular trend in the region is the use of birdhouses displaying the text, "See Rock City."
See Rock City Birdhouse 2012
This is a trend that goes back to the early 1900s when Rock City (near Chattanooga, Tennessee), was one of the main tourist attractions in the Southeast. Signs saying "See Rock City" were found from Florida to the Canadian border. Even barns had "See Rock City" painted in large letters on their rooves or sides. In exchange for the advertising, farmers got a free paint job for their barns.
Rock City is still a fun place to visit. Families (and birds) from all over the country make it a point to stop by on their way through the South.
See Rock City Birdhouse 2012
Mt Cavalry Rd
This is a trend that goes back to the early 1900s when Rock City (near Chattanooga, Tennessee), was one of the main tourist attractions in the Southeast. Signs saying "See Rock City" were found from Florida to the Canadian border. Even barns had "See Rock City" painted in large letters on their rooves or sides. In exchange for the advertising, farmers got a free paint job for their barns.
Rock City is still a fun place to visit. Families (and birds) from all over the country make it a point to stop by on their way through the South.
Down by the Stream
Next door to the deer family, the homeowner has created a bucolic still life. He has dammed a small stream that flows through his property, planted flowers, and installed a bench and a statue.
The statue is a seated boy who is presumably fishing. He is carefully painted with black skin, pink lips, white eyes and a red-and-white outfit... a perfect caricature loaded with meaning from a time long past. There is no fishing pole.
I assume that the homeowner enjoys looking out over his property, including the still life gracing his front yard. I imagine that he may occasionally come down from his house to sit on the bench and ponder the natural beauty around him, sharing a pleasant hour with his sculpture.
Or... perhaps not. Perhaps this display is meant to impart a different message, something for those passing by to understand... that not everyone is welcome.
Down by the stream 2012
Mt Cavalry Rd
Closer view of statue
The statue is a seated boy who is presumably fishing. He is carefully painted with black skin, pink lips, white eyes and a red-and-white outfit... a perfect caricature loaded with meaning from a time long past. There is no fishing pole.
I assume that the homeowner enjoys looking out over his property, including the still life gracing his front yard. I imagine that he may occasionally come down from his house to sit on the bench and ponder the natural beauty around him, sharing a pleasant hour with his sculpture.
Or... perhaps not. Perhaps this display is meant to impart a different message, something for those passing by to understand... that not everyone is welcome.
Cement Deer Family
When I stopped to photograph the tractor wheels in the last post, I noticed that the next door neighbor has positioned a pleasant grouping (a family) of cement deer just behind his wire fence.
Someone has gone to the trouble of painting the insides of the deer ears pink. The father deer has antlers that have been painted brown. There is a reddish circle painted on the side of the baby deer.
Deer family group 2012
Mt Cavalry Rd
Mt Cavalry Rd
Someone has gone to the trouble of painting the insides of the deer ears pink. The father deer has antlers that have been painted brown. There is a reddish circle painted on the side of the baby deer.
Closer view of the deer family
Just a few feet away from the deer family, is a porcelain tub or sink, which is currently filled with leaves. Presumably the deer family go for refreshments when not posing for passers-by.
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