Saturday, April 6, 2013

Day 156 FACEBOOK !!

Day 156
When I logged onto Facebook....guess whose picture showed up in Etsy's ad on Facebook?
Sam was over the moon that she was featured in her bunny ears.  Yay!!!

Each day is a gift, open now.
xo,
Suz


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Friday, April 5, 2013

Day 155 Georgia Gets The Bone Thing

Day 155
A quick pose to give Georgia O'Keeffe and New Mexico their boneness.  I once read an interview with Georgia about why she painted bones.  She was the first person I had ever heard of that thought bones were beautiful, as I do.  They did not represent death to her. In fact the opposite, bones were the armature we all have inside us.  She loved finding them bleached by the sun on her northern New Mexico walks.  I am sure the painting above was of a prized skull she possessed with the horns still in tact.  So we had to grab a quick shot of Sam's bones, next to Georgia's. 

On a very personal note...it was O'Keeffe paintings in the Chicago Art Institute that I was so enamored with growing up.  I would stare at them, as there was a familiar feel to them.  I was drawn over and over again to look at them.  Then when I drove from Albuquerque to Santa Fe for the first time on I25...I felt a homecoming in New Mexico.  It took many trips here before I moved from my Midwestern home of Chicago.  I have never looked back.

Each day is a gift, open now.
xo,
Suz



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Day 154 Don't I Look Good In Black ??

Day 154
Another public sculpture in Denver. Looks like rock, but is steel with a gorgeous patina.  The light
was so hot, that I shot Sam in the shade. She felt the contrast really flattering to her form.

Each day is a gift, open now.
xo,
Suz



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Day 153 In The Grass

Day 152
Although we were in Colorado, I mean ornamental grass. :-)

Each day is a gift, open now.
xo,
Suz

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Day 152 Ole`

Day 152
Sam dons another sombrero.  She feels it's a good look.

Each day is a gift, open now.
xo
Suz



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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Day 151 Needle

Day 151
Another really amazing sculpture in a park in the Denver Lowry area.  I have to find out who made it.  It's like a giant sundial needle.

Each day is  a gift, open now.
xo
Suz




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Day 150 More Bull

Day 150
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Sam relaxing in the bull sculpture.


Each day is a gift, open now.
xo,
Suz



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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Day 149 Big Springs

Day 149
Denver Colorado 990 Brake Spring Sculpture: world's largest spring!  Denver sure has great public
art.  The light was so hot at this point, it was hard to shoot good photos by noon at a mile high.

Each day is a gift, open now.
xo
Suz



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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Day 148 Denver Art Museum

Day 148
Love the way the architecture of the Denver Art Museum changes the architecture around it!
Sam met lots of friends during this photo shoot. A great family from Oak Park Illinois where she will be traveling to in May.


Each day is a gift, open now.
xo,
Suz



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Day 147 Bearly There

Day 147
This piece is called "I See What You Mean." It's a steel sculpture, encased in a fiberglass and cement composite, by artist Lawrence Argent.




Each day is a gift, open now.
xo,
Suz



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Day 146 Dancing in Denver

Day 146
Sam loves to dance...and so she did with "Dancers" by Jonathan Borofsky in front of the Denver Performing Arts building downtown.

Each day is a gift, open now.
xo,
Suz


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Day 145 No Bull

Day 145
My daughter Kelley climbed up on the giant bovine sculpture by Dan Ostermiller on the side of the Denver Art Museum.  Sam just loved the vantage point. Thanks Kell for your camera crew help!

Each day is a gift, open now.
xo,
Suz



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Day 144 Denver

Day 144
In front of the Denver Art Museum is this sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje va Bruggen called "The Big Sweep." 
Each day is a gift, open now.
xo,
Suz



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