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PPAC #8 Australian Animal Sculptures


This is week 8 of PPAC which my co-host, Cee Neuner is hosting. I wanted to combine it with FOTD #9 so I don’t miss a single day of August.

Public art is encompasses any form of art you see in a public place, large or small, statues, murals, graffiti, gardens, parks, etc. The art should be visible from streets, sidewalks or outdoor public places.

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PPAC Page

I’m pushing the envelope quite a bit here. You can’t see this public art from the street. You do have to pay to go in, but I was so far away from home, and this was such a fabulous place, I’m hoping you will allow me to slip up this week.

I am still struggling to get out, but I can walk again (with a walker). I get an MRI Wednesday to see what knee part I ripped up, and then on with treatment. Meanwhile the prescription is to walk around in the house.

Featured Bloggers

I had a marvelous response from all of you on last week’s PPAC #7 “Carved Out for Kids.” Cee picked out the featured bloggers and says “thank you” to each of you for joining along in our challenge. Their posts really grabbed Cee’s attention. They are all worthy of a second or third look. Next week I will choose the PPAC Featured Bloggers from Cee’s participants this week.

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Animal Art in Australia

The art I’m showing this week is either metal or wood sculpture. Some of these, like the first one got hidden in my myriads of pictures of real animals. But thanks to PPAC, I have a chance to resurrect it.

Painting and sculpture help other people to see what a wonderful world we live in.

Henry Moore
Carol and I took our pets with us. Manny, Justin Beaver, and Tiger had a great time posing with Mr. P.

Everything is sculpture. Any material, any idea without hindrance born into space, I consider sculpture.

Isamu Noguchi
Platypus Sculpture Provided for the blind and visual impaired. Officially unveiled by Jim Plowman M.P. Member for Evelyn on 1st March 1991. Fundraising by the family and friends of the Honorable William Hugh Everard M.P. Member for Evelyn 1917 – 1950. Sculptor – Raymond Ewers. The platypus closes his eyes underwater. (The rest is shot at a bad angle, and I can’t read it. )

Why talk about sculpture when I can photograph it?

Constantin Brancusi

This is my favorite quote so far.

I think the flower and the bird resemble each other. Like dogs and dog owners get sometimes.
Red flower for Cee and Jude.
We tried to ride this fancy Platypus, but didn’t get very far. I’m still submitting it for Jude’s Life in Colour. About the only thing red in this picture is the back passenger. 🙂

Coming Up

Have a great rest of the week.

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Marsha

Hi, I’m Marsha Ingrao, a retired educator and wife of a retired realtor. My all-consuming hobby is blogging and it has changed my life. My friends live all over the world. In November 2020, we sold everything and retired to the mile-high desert of Prescott, AZ. We live less than five miles from the Granite Dells, four lakes, and hundreds of trails with our dog, Kalev, and two cats, Moji and Nutter Butter. Vince’s sister came with us and lives close by. Every day is a new adventure.

21 responses to “PPAC #8 Australian Animal Sculptures”

  1. kzmcb Avatar
    kzmcb

    I agree that the kangaroo paw bush looks like it would turn that emu into a lyre bird.

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      LOL I didn’t know they had such magical powers. 🙂

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  2. Cee Neuner Avatar
    Cee Neuner

    Oh these are fun photos for this week. I adore your second photo. I always love seeing your wonderfully happy smile 😀

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Thanks, Cee. It’s back! 🙂

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  3. Heyjude Avatar
    Heyjude

    Sorry to hear about the injury, being ill definitely sucks! The red top stands out, the red flower is a Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos). Most unusual.

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      It’s not something we have here in the US. 🙂

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      1. Heyjude Avatar
        Heyjude

        So these are in Australia then?

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        1. Marsha Avatar
          Marsha

          Yes, a platypus. They are only native there, I think. Maybe New Zealand. But definitely not in the USA.

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          1. Heyjude Avatar
            Heyjude

            Ah, I wasn’t actually referring to the platypus itself, but the sculpture park. I wasn’t sure if these photos were from somewhere in Australia or an Australian theme in one of your US parks.

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          2. Marsha Avatar
            Marsha

            Oh, sorry. They are all taken in Australia. I went there in 2017 to visit two blogging friends of mine, Carol, the Eternal Traveller and Leanne Cole. I spent three weeks there traveling.

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  4. Toonsarah Avatar
    Toonsarah

    Glad to hear your knee’s starting to improve a bit 🙂 I love your platypus, and I’m regarding your inclusion of paid-for exhibits as carte blanche to do the same myself some time in the future 😆

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Cee and I didn’t discuss it. I wanted to keep with my theme and I used the excuse that I’m laid up. Not that that excuse would ever hold a candle to what Cee goes through, so it’s a bad excuse. That said, we are not the Public Art police. 🙂

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  5. Sadje Avatar
    Sadje

    Aww, love the photos, specially those with your pets.

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Thanks, Sadje. Carol and I bonded through Manny and Justin. She took Manny all over Europe taking pictures and sending them to me. Then her daughter took him on a cruise out of Miami. He started his own website. No one ever visits it any more and I don’t keep it up, but it was a lot of fun. Justin Beaver has his own website as well. 🙂

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      1. Sadje Avatar
        Sadje

        You’re welcome! These are super cute.

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        1. Marsha Avatar
          Marsha

          Thanks, Sadje.

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          1. Sadje Avatar
            Sadje

            👍👍👍🥰

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  6. Susan Gutterman Avatar
    Susan Gutterman

    Very fun art, Marsha. I am so sorry to hear about your knee injury! What happened?

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Pickleball. I twisted and my foot stayed in place. My knee popped. I’m walking better today than when I wrote this post last night, so I think I will heal fast, but not to the point of playing pickleball on it again. This is about the third time I’ve injured it since March. I just got back from my first walker walk outside with my neighbor. Glorious.

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      1. Susan Gutterman Avatar
        Susan Gutterman

        So sorry, Marsha. Heal quickly!

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        1. Marsha Avatar
          Marsha

          Okay.

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