BIENNALE BLUE TREES

There are blue trees in Richmond. I have not color enhanced these photos. We drove past these yesterday and though we were more than a block away, they were practically glowing. Does blue glow? These did. They're almost neon.

It's part of the Vancouver Biennale Public Art Exhibition. You can see some other pictures here at the Vancouver Biennale Blog.

Trees in Garden City Park to turn blue

By Matthew Hoekstra - Richmond Review

Published: March 16, 2011 3:00 PM

Trees in Garden City Community Park will begin turning blue today as part of a Vancouver Biennale public art exhibition.

Australian artist Konstantin Dimopoulos is scheduled to spend five days in the park creating The Blue Trees, an installation meant to spark discussions about global deforestation.

“Through colour I am making a personal statement about the spirituality of trees and their importance to our very survival: trees are the lungs of the planet,” said Dimopoulos in a news release.

According to the Vancouver Biennale, the colour used on the trees is biologically safe pigmented water. The colour will naturally fade and the trees will revert to their natural state.

Dimopoulos will return to Richmond April 7 to deliver a lecture as part of the Lulu Art in the City series. That event is set for 7 p.m. in Richmond City Hall council chambers. Admission is free; reserve seats at lulu@richmond.ca.

Do you recognise that City of Richmond saw horse? I'm pretty sure that was the one they used to block off the digger in the ditch earlier this year.

I like and support the arts, but I'll admit, I've not liked a lot of the past Biennale art in Metro Vancouver. And I cringe at how much money tax payers are spending on this when so many important programs are being cut and woefully mismanaged. But that's another rant for another day. This is about the blue trees. Did I mention that they are blue? I think it's more interesting than not.

Richmond, come for the rain and the likely liquification of our soil in a decent sized earthquake, stay for the weird stuff.

PUB ARTWORK - GLASS

I had lunch with my boss and coworker today. The pub had these glass balls hanging from the ceiling in the foyer. I'm not sure if they have something to do with fishing (the pub looks over the river and there is a small marina there), or if it's local art. I thought they were neat so I took a picture of them. I didn't quite do them justice, but the shots are still pretty cool.

THE JOY OF LOVE, DAY 13

Willette Photography & More is offering a free, online photography class this February, called The Joy of Love. There's still time to sign up, if you're interested!

Lesson 13 - ROUTINE. I am horridly impatient and haven't actually waited for this lesson to be posted yet, but since the Willette gave us the theme, I ran with it.

Poor Weeb. She's really sick of the Mammarazzi. So I told her to be silly and she happily complied. Seemed only fitting that I would make the photo of this twice daily routine as ridiculous as possible after my silly instruction.

Nothing like a little fun with levels. Click on the white dropper and select a point (white or white-ish), then do the same for the black. It's amazing the fun you can have!

I know I should be practicing more on making photos look better. But sometimes I really just can't help myself. *grin*

TAMBOURINE WEEB

This is a picture of Weeb and her cousin J. Weeb drew it on a paper plate tambourine that the girls made with Grandma and Grandpa this week. I think the picture is incredibly cute. Weeb has drawn J in purple, which is J's favorite color. Weeb drew herself pink because that is her current favorite color. She's even got J's curly hair. I love that they are holding hands. Even more, I love that this is what my daughter draws pictures of. I think it's so cute and it just speaks volumes about who my nearly 5 year old daughter is.