I am going to keep it short and sweet for today’s Castlegar
Sculpture Walk work of the day. I tried to pick something colourful and
inspiring on my morning walk about town, determined to not let the smelly day
get me down. I think I managed to find a little vibrancy in the grey day from
the work Kootenay Gallery has sponsored called “Community Garden, Heirloom
Seeds”.
Gardening is a pastime I worry about. I hope kids today pick up
gardening because we really need the beauty flowers and plants add to our
communities and homes. I am horrible with plants. I have three in my apartment
because I know they are mentally stimulating and they make me happy; I don’t
think they are huge fans of their new adopted home living with me. Though I
think they are slowly recovering from their first life on the shelves of
Walmart, I certainly do not have a green thumb.
I love this sculpture because it reminds me of my mother. She had
an old decoration at her business that was a bouquet of wooden block flowers
that I repainted over and over again as a kid. It looked so tacky, I hope she
threw it out; I have not seen it in years.
“Community Garden, Heirloom Seeds” is absolutely beautiful; unlike
my tacky wooden block flowers. The colors are truly beautiful on this metal
work sculpture, it was so hard to photograph this sculpture in all of its glory
because the colours are much more vivid in real life and it was really hard to
capture the wheelbarrow. The wheelbarrow holding these magnificent metal
flowers is absolutely overflowing with the blooming beauties.
I hope you are inspired to get out to the garden and grow
something special of your own!
I am very happy that “Community Garden, Heirloom Seeds” is from another BC artist, Cajsa Fredin from Invermere! For more on Fredin and “Community Garden, Heirloom Seeds” click here.
To check out my previous Sculpture Walk blog on “Seventy-Six Trombones” click here.
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