Wandering - I

 I live in a golf community that is an Audubon Certified Sanctuary.  Most days I get in my golf cart and wander the community looking for wildlife for an hour or so.  Here are some results from a recent day.

A brown pelican flew past the boardwalk.

A spotted sandpiper visited the end of the boardwalk.

Some red-breasted mergansers swum past the boardwalk.  I had never seen them here before.

Little blue herons are common here.  This one likes the boardwalk but I see most LBHs elsewhere.

To be continued . . . .

Chase!

 

An osprey carrying nesting materials is chased by a crow.

Brambles English Tea Room

 Cups and mugs with English connections are in the window.

Walking the Dog

 

Two friends walking a dog across a wooden bridge in Baker Park.

Christmas Cow and Flamingo

 My favorite ice cream place in SWFL is Royal Scoop.

They have dressed up a cow and a flamingo for the Christmas season.  The cow has an ear tag identifying her as Anita Milkshake.

Tomaso Albertini

 This year's resident artist at Naples Art is Tomaso Albertini, a young Italian-born artist who usually works out of New York City. 

According to his website:  These works are a series of portraits that transform the human being into a new eco-human entity.  Figures of a modern hero who represent those people who care for and struggle daily to preserve the environment.

His portraits use cardboard, a symbol of consumerist New York, to create three-dimensional art.  He accomplishes a figure as if it were a sculpture and then paints on it as if it were a canvas. This unique technique introduces dynamics approaching sculpture.

Vasarely

 Naples Art's current show exhibits many works by the Hungarian-French artist Victor Vasarely, who is known today as a founder of the Op Art movement.  Vasarely had a strong interest in science before shifting to graphic arts.

This wall displayed the kind of works I have identified with Vasarely.

This work on a flat surface feels like it has three dimensions, as do many of his works.

A video of Vasarely talking about his works was shown.  

He spoke in French without subtitles and I don't speak French.