A Hovering Osprey

 

A male osprey hovered over the bay, studying the water, before swooping down in a failed attempt to grab a fish.

Dama III

 

Dama III is a 2003 bronze by the Spanish sculptor Manolo Valdes.  It sits at the entrance to Artis-Naples.

Artis-Naples

 Standing at the entrance doors of Artis-Naples and looking back toward the street, we look past a circular driveway and columns toward a polished stainless steel sculpture.

The sculpture by Arik Levy is called RockGrowth370.  If you wonder why a bunch of jutting steel columns are called RockGrowth370, I understand your confusion.  I watched the artist's video explaining it twice and still don't understand.

Bluestone

 I can't remember how many times I have photographed and then deleted this stacked bluestone sculpture in front of Artis-Naples.  It is Meshaliemet & Menashshe, a 1994 work by the late Israeli-American artist, Boaz Vaaadia.

Cross

In the garden of Trinity by the Cove Episcopal Church in Naples, Florida.

 

Pastels

 There is explosive development near Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers.

Many big new buildings serve transportation-related businesses.  A common feature of all these new buildings is that they are painted in quiet, pastel colors.

Hertz Arena

Hertz Arena hosts the Florida Everblades, the Florida Gulf Coast University men's and women's basketball teams and a variety of entertainers.  

 

Hertz, the car rental company, relocated nearby about a decade ago.  They bought the naming rights to the arena.  The arena's yellow, white and gray colors reflect the car rental company's colors.