This sculpture by Hartford artist Karen Petersen stands near the pond in Elizabeth Park. It was funded by the Greater Hartford Arts Council, which is responsible for much of the new public art installed around here in the past decade.
Sedna is said to be the goddess of the sea and marine animals in Inuit mythology.
26 comments:
Lovely sculpture and seems inviting to touch with its smooth stone reflecting the general temperature of the season... great second photo with the picnic scene framed within the art!
Bises,
Genie
Kate of Visual St. Paul will like this, as do I. I wonder if the artist anticipated that a skilled photographer could use it for framing photos, as you did today.
I agree with Genie, those sculptures are just asking to be touched! So cool and smooth definitely like something you would relate to the water.
Now how did Dave know that I'd like this!! He is indeed accurate. I love the smooth lines and the simple yet highly effective shape. The top photo with the dash of red and the bottom framing of a relaxing picnic adds to the charm of the photo!!
there's an understated elegance to the lines of this sculpture and you've composed these shots so thoughtfully.
Excellent composition. The Sedna sculpture seems so silly in some sense for its snail-like appearance.
It also reminds me of a seal. Or one of those black leeches that would suck your blood in the cold waters of Minnesota.
You Hartfordians are most interesting. I wonder if the woman framed in that first shot belongs to the Red Hat Society?
I love this! I can picture myself walk all around it, looking for the best angle for a photo. You found it!
Cool and fun sculpture! Somehow it makes be think of a French Horn....
What a great sculpture! And it does remind me of a French Horn, too! Love the smooth surface! Terrific captures as always, Jack, and the last one is superb!! What a great frame it makes! Hope your week is off to a great start!
Sylvia
What a very cool sculpture! The lady with the red hat framing is just perfect. Well done, Jack.
Great artistic work!
I like this roundness, like a circle of life. And the red hat is a stroke of genius!
I like the sculpture and the way you show us the passers by through it!
It's a very nice sculpture. I really like how you framed some of the folks in the background (especially the picnickers).
Love the sculpture and the way you shot it! Nice.
It's a very nice sculpture and the first photo is classy!
Nice sculpture and I love the way you have used it as a frame!
I like that you've captured the red inside too.
Sedna doesn't seem to know whether she's coming or going! :)
I like the way you captured the red hat best!!!
Very cool. I love how you framed the people in the pictures.
Nice captures! The sculpture reminds me of the work of Sedona's Nassan Gobran.
I really like this one.
wow Karen is very talented!Very interesting information about this sculpture, I love it!It's modern and beautiful!
Léia
Smooth and sensual. I bet many viewers are tempted to to stroke it. I like the way you've photographed it, the first with yhe woman and red hat in the centre and the second with the the people sitting in the grass. Well done, Jack!
What a sculpture! Love your composition.
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