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The Green Man
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Sculpture carved on bark of an oak tree of a bearded man by local artist Peter Dove, who titled it "Hombre Verde." The tree and carving sit in the Natural Path Sanctuary, a section of the Farley nature preserve reserved for natural burials.
August 2013
Quinney, Richard
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Capitol Square
August 2013
View of the statue of Hans Christian Heg, with the Wisconsin State Capital in the background. Taken shortly before noon, the sculpture is silhouetted at this time of day. The base of the sculpture ...
Traveling from Ashton
November 2013
Statue of Saint Peter the fisherman in a churchyard. Saint Peter is looking up toward the sky, and holding a net of fish in both hands.
Books
December 2013
View of a bookshelf, with books on various subjects on display, from Beowulf to birds. On the top shelf on the right is a decorative vase or sculpture.
Waiting in Line
September 2013
The bronze and plaster sculpture by George Segal depiciting five men waiting in a bread line at a door. The sculpture is on the rooftop garden of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.
Ferry Bluff
November 2013
View down a small dirt path lined with grasses and trees along Ferry Bluff State Natural Area. To the left is Honey Creek leading to the Wisconsin River.
Art Gallery
December 2013
Postmodern works of art hanging, somewhat chaotically, on a corner wall. There are photographs of people combined with found object sculptures. Other sculptures are further down on the walls.
