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Very creative yard art for my home and yours
A decade or so ago, my daughter and I created our first art panels to dress that ordinary wooden fence on the north wall of my home - adorning that boundary and screening the neighboring garage. We're talking thirty dollars of primed canvas stapled to a simple wooden frame screwed to the fence, house paints applied in less than an hour. The original inspiration was one of great American artist Mark Rothko's color-field canvases. The panels Yanira and I did were six by four feet. We did three; the husband helped with the simple installation; our take on yard art endured Lake Erie area weather for four or five years before succumbing and inviting new inspiration. I'm not a great American artist and neither is my daughter, though she is an adept artist/art therapist and I'm not bewildered with color or a brush. In a modest home, which has attracted a wealth of attention (How did they like the house? the husband habitually inquires of a newcomer's visit), the panels are a notable feature. Our yard now sports four. They're not art but aesthetically pleasing constructs serving as unique and engaging perimeter elements. The three in place at mid-property are captured below They front a waterfall pond and a serpentine gravel walk that in my feng shui-informed design evokes a river. Working from sketches of your vision, I could do similar panels for your home. The shape needn't be rectangular, the size is wonderfully variable. The cost depends on size and complexity, but would be less than my annual bill for annuals. The bet is such panels would fit remarkably well into your homescaping. I'd love to discuss the possibility with you. The two-season photos don't do justice and may push me to embedded video; call me if you'd like a look: 216.731.8996.  Posted By: Johanna On: 2010-06-17 14:11:40 |
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