Monday, July 23, 2018

Maryland's Western Shore

Hello and happy Monday!

Hubby and I took an overnight trip to Maryland's Western Shore, visiting and staying at Solomon's Island Maryland. Our first stop was at the Ann Marie Sculpture Garden in Dowell Maryland. 


The Ann Marie Sculpture Garden consist of 30 forested acres with a walking path. The sculptures can be found all along the path and there was a collection of Fairy Gardens found in the forest. Some of the sculptures are permament and some are on loan. I am sharing a few of my favorites and a mosaic of the fairy homes and gardens. 



Triple Sheep


Name: Large head with Beard


Resting


The Cardinal


The Hand



Various fairies houses and garden were found along the path. 



The Junk Art made out of soda cans and tops and recycle trash. 




The wood carvings were awesome and some of my favorites found in the sculpture garden. 


I like this cute painting on the tree. 


Cute sculpture in the garden. I heard and saw some real birds walking on the trail through the forest like the woodpeckers and other song birds. No photos of the real birds.





Thanks for your visit today!  I hope you enjoyed my post and photos.



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56 comments:

Janneke said...

Like all the different art, must have been some great days out.
Have a lovely week Eileen.

Marit said...

Hello Eileen,

Beautiful sculptures! I liked the last one very much. Thank you for sharing.
Enjoy you day and the new week ahead!

chica said...

Gostei de ver! Lindas fotos! Deixo beijos praianos,chica

David M. Gascoigne, said...

Looks like you had a great time.

Francisco Manuel Carrajola Oliveira said...

Excelente trabalho, gostei bastante destas esculturas.
Um abraço e boa semana.

Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
O prazer dos livros

Tom said...

...neat, another spot to put on my to see list! The cute painting on the tree looks like Banksy. 😀

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
oh my word, Eileen, what a FABulous place!!! I love sculpture and these are some goodies. YAM xx

MadSnapper said...

so much beautiful art, by gifted artist. my favorites are the same as yours, the wood carvings. wow.... this is a place I would love to visit...

Bob Bushell said...

Beautiful sculpture garden, lovely Eileen.

21 Wits said...

Good morning and happy Monday to you too! What a wildly fun place, such great pieces of art, statues, so cool for us to see too!

Lady Fi said...

I love all those sculptures.

carol l mckenna said...

What a magical place ~ love all the photos!

Happy Day to you,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka, (A Creative Harbor)

Sondra said...

Love all the art, nature and art tow of my favorite things and they combine very well!

Andrea Ostapovitch said...

Love all the different art!!! A very interesting place to enjoy a long walk.

Andrea

Karen said...

I used to love walking forest trails with my children. This one is unique with the varied sculptures. Thanks for sharing your photos.

RedPat said...

It looks like quite a good place to visit, Eileen!

Linda W. said...

Very interesting collection of sculptures!

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

The wood carvings are beautiful works of art! How special to see so much beauty! Hugs!

Betty J. Crow said...

Wonderful sculptures. Looks like a great place to visit. Have a wonderful day.

Fun60 said...

Lots of different styles of art. I liked your choices to show us in particular 'resting' and the three sheep.

William Kendall said...

Resting is my favourite of these.

Lowcarb team member said...

What an amazing place.
I so enjoyed my visit there, through your lovely photographs.

Have a good week.

All the best Jan

Author R. Mac Wheeler said...

'Large head with Bear'

a great title!

Penelope Notes said...

So much to contemplate. There is a wealth of diverse creativity to enjoy here. The woman resting is one of my favorites. Thanks for sharing your world. :)

Anonymous said...

Those sculptures are neat. I think the Hand was my favorite.

colleen said...

Most whimsical. I like the last one best (bird).

italiafinlandia said...

What an amazing series!
The hand is my favourite.
Thanks for sharing this place.

HappyK said...

A very interesting place to walk. I enjoyed the pictures you shared.

mick said...

interesting sculptures and the forest is very beautiful of course!

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

That was a fun walk! Reminded me of one of our fav places in Colorado, the Benson SCulpture Park, it’s cool that yours also includes art made from recycled objects.

Michelle said...

Looks like a beautiful spot to visit!

Lynne said...

Wow . . . so much to see . .
Wonderful park!

Nancy Chan said...

Looks like you had a very interesting outing! Very creative in the sculptures, carvings and paintings! Have a wonderful week!

Andrea said...

Oh yes, everything is created with their minds and heart, time spent to create things.

Birgitta said...

These were really cool and great photos! Ps: Thank you.

Jeevan said...

Very interesting and unique sculptures and artwork! Lovely displayed around the natural setting of woods and forest. The fairies houses are cute to attract the fairy tale dreamers…

cedarmerefarm said...

What a fun place to visit. The painting on the tree is very sweet.

Jeanie said...

The statuary is stunning. I really loved the "resting" one and that colorful one near the beginning. How fun to wander amongst these.

Mary Hone said...

That would be a treat. I love sculpture gardens, and the variety of art.

Lea said...

Three Sheep! - I love it!
What a wonderful place to visit!
Have a great day!

Photo Cache said...

What a lovely garden. I think I like sculpture garden now. Surprised to see the Triple Sheep by Hung Yi here.

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Betsy Banks Adams said...

Hi, Looks like you all had a good time looking at all of the sculptures, etc... I would love the WOOD ones also.... Love that little bird.(As I was reading and looking at your pictures, I wondered if there would be any wooden birds... Glad there were...)

Hugs,
Betsy

Lowcarb team member said...

Not sure if my original comment came through!

Thought this was a lovely post, a lovely place to visit.

All the best Jan

Joyful said...

I love all the sculptures!

Our photos said...

Wow, that looks like a special place !

Maria Rodrigues said...

Must be a spectacular garden.
The sculptures are so beautiful, I especially liked the last one.
Maria
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Su-sieee! Mac said...

Thanks for sharing, Eileen! Nearly every sculpture has me wanting to make something.

Ruth said...

These are very cool! It reminds me of a garden I visited in Vancouver with plenty of statues to photograph.

Carol Blackburn said...

Hi Eileen, I have always admired woodcarvers and the wonderful job they do showing us what the wood wants to become as they snip away with their tools and reveal something beautiful or mysterious inside that hunk of tree or wood block. It's amazing! Great post. I hope you are having a wonderful week.

Sussi said...

impressive!

Debbie said...

oh wow...my kinda' place!! i think my favorite was the painting on the tree, the little girl with the balloon heart. a close second was the 3 sheep, i love colorful!!

they are all beautiful, you must have enjoyed this!!!

DeniseinVA said...

Very interesting sculptures, all super photos. Thanks for sharing Eileen and enjoy the rest of your week.

Cloudia said...

"Resting' looks like funerary art - cousin to 'Grief'

Nice post. Thanks for sharing, Dear

Angie said...

Eileen - I am so pleased to see sculpture and nature put together - a win-win for art and nature lovers everywhere! Many people are intimidated by art museums - how wonderful to get this art out where it is accessible for many. Enjoy your upcoming weekend.

Sandi said...

Those sculptures are moving, especially "Resting"

Thomas Lee said...

nice place with all the sculpture

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