I shot these Sunday night and wanted to share.
Hope you enjoy them
Avonjax
(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/royceeb/treesmall.jpg)
(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/royceeb/tree4small.jpg)
(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/royceeb/tree5small.jpg)
(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/royceeb/tree3small.jpg)
(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/royceeb/tree2small.jpg)
(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/royceeb/shot1small.jpg)
Thanks... I keep forgetting to visit at night... :)
Nice shots.
Great public art! Nice to see JAX take a step forward every once in a while, even if it's a baby step.
thanks for sharing those photos, it's a nice addition
Nice shots!!
Very artistic pictures! I love how the neon compliments the other lit bridges and buildings along the river. I sometimes forget how beautiful Jacksonville can be. Too bad we can't take the neon idea and run with it. "Jacksonville, Where Neon Meets the River"
I just think it is sad that the Fowler art piece isn't complimented by anything else in the area. Unless you are walking along the riverwalk at night, there isn't any reason to visit that area unless you go just to see the memorial. I wish the Brooklyn park project hadn't collapsed. It would have brought people to the area other than the 9-5 commuters.
It's pretty, I love it, but what the hell is it? (I should use my imagination or what?)...and don't tell me it's a tree.
Heights Unknown
It is a tree... an oak to be specific.
I like it. Its really unlike Jacksonville to do something like this, more Miami or Atlanta.
Times Union Article...
http://www.jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-03-31/story/futuristic_sculpture_to_honor_tillie_fowler
Previous Metrojax thread...
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php/topic,2362.0.html
Quote"Jacksonville, Where Neon Meets the River"
Get the gambling ban repealed and throw a couple casinos downtown and that will be a reality! ;D
(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj177/royceeb/tree4small.jpg)
Quote from: heights unknown on May 05, 2009, 10:23:38 PM
It's pretty, I love it, but what the hell is it? (I should use my imagination or what?)...and don't tell me it's a tree.
Heights Unknown
Not to be disrespectful to the honoree, but my guess is it may be a brain of some sort!
(http://www.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/brain02a.jpg)
Note the startling similarities of the shapes. Also, see my earlier comparison made on another MJ thread:Quote from: stjr on April 08, 2009, 12:26:55 PM[at http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php/topic,4756.0.html#quickreply]
Quote from: thelakelander on April 08, 2009, 09:51:14 AM
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NlBE9GgDiKc/SbmB5SjYtPI/AAAAAAAABLQ/OmQgEMNZdwE/s320/hatcher1.jpg)
for more information and renderings: http://artisntrocketscience.blogspot.com/2009/03/mighty-oak-for-steel-magnolia.html
I have to say this sculpture looks to me like the human brain :D , not an oak tree per the artist.
(http://www.ipmc.cnrs.fr/~duprat/neurophysiology/images/brain2.jpg)
It reminds me of the light glow sticks you give kids...I think it's cute...
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff34/bella_donna83/ledmagicspinningballflashingstick_9.jpg)
OMG, that had to be their inspiration.
I liked Tillie but I've got to say that the first thing I thought of when I saw it in person is her helmet hair.
Great pics!
I also thought it resembled a brain too:)
That's it!! It's a zombie lure!!
B-r-a-a-a-a-i-n-n-n-s-s-s-s-s
I am thinking it's the "source of answers" as in the Wizard of Oz. Or, maybe it plays a role like that monolith that is featured in the opening of the movie, "2001, A Space Odyssey"! If we could get it to pulsate or throw off some sparks, it would be truly eerie. A prize for the picture of it glowing when lightning strikes it.
I sure hope Rep. Fowler had a sense of humor. ;)
In front of the St. Joe building? Finally something Preston Haskell had to do without.