Found Art

Nature’s Canvas: Art Is In The Details

March 19, 2013

We’ve had the sweet privilege of playing host to a family of hummingbirds hatching in the branches of our bougainvillea at our front door this week. The eye of one of the babies is pictured above. He or she has only been alive for 11 days. Yet the beauty in this (enlarged) half-inch square of [...]

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Killer Street Art: Unintended Collaboration

August 21, 2012

They may be total strangers, but graffiti artists, band promoters, and illegal “poster pasters” often meet on the same gritty, decrepit, forgotten walls that make up our urban landscape.  Over a period of years, they unknowingly create partnerships in art making, and change the face of our neighborhoods – for better or for worse. Together, layer [...]

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Missing Fireflies and Childhood Summer Nights

July 31, 2012

Running through Central Park tonight I hit the wall of a different kind. The one that smacks you in the head with a childhood memory that had been lost for 30-plus years. You see, catching lightning bugs was a traditional part of our summer evenings on Long Island in the 1960s. We loved the way [...]

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Today’s Pic: Inosculation — The Art of Branching Out

July 28, 2012

I’m not sure what the divorce rate is among sycamore trees these days, but it’s got to be better than ours. A recent visit to the home of my friends Scooter and Marilyn gave me proof. Two neighboring tree trunks in their Sherman Oaks front yard had merged in a rock-solid bridge between the pair. [...]

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Today’s Pic: Nature Explores Art

May 31, 2012

I’ve always been intrigued by Nancy Rubins’ cleverly constructed aircraft parts installation outside LA’s Museum of Contemporary Art on Grand Avenue, but last week I felt really lucky. In flew a family of sparrows who had apparently staked out the empty turbine amidst 1,000 pounds of stainless steel to claim a new home. A perfect [...]

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