Art Prints for Creative Gift Ideas
You cannot miss Maman the Giant Spider, an urban art sculpture in Ottawa, Canada. The National Gallery of Art in Ottawa has placed it in front of its entrance. As a matter of fact, Maman (French for Mother) is part of a series of spiders made by this French-Canadian artist, and it’s nothing to be …
I’ve seen and photographed this wooden sculpture of the Saint Kateri Tekawitha, displayed inside the Mission San Xavier del Bac, Arizona. The mission is a beautiful historic Spanish Catholic religious complex. Padre Eusebio Kino established it in 1692 in the Tohono O’odham San Xavier Indian Reservation. History says that born in 1656, Kateri Tekawitha was …
This beautiful kinetic Water Sculpture has been created by a talented artist as urban art in Friedrichshafen, Germany. We are all attracted to water in motion – it gives us a sense of serenity and well-being. From ancient times, people have built water features in homes and public places. I have seen and photographed several …
This is an Inukshuk and it is one of Canada’s symbols. It’s a structure made of stacked stones, and it generally represents a human person. The ancient Inuit people from the cold zones of the Arctic used it as a landmark, indicating directions. It says something like: “I’ve been here, it’s safe.” The translation of …
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