Andy Goldsworhty and fall leaves

Andy Goldsworthy, Rowan leaves and hole

I immediately thought of Andy Goldsworthy, an artist from the United Kingdom, when we decided on Fall / Transitions as one of our themes. I have great respect and admiration for the way Andy Goldsworthy is able to engage us in a deeper dialgoue with nature.  He makes the viewer more aware and hopefully more appreciative of nature and how interact with it on multple levels.

"Andy Goldsworthy carves, melts, or otherwise shapes various natural elements into impressive, often temporary works of art around the globe in what is known as "land art." The British visionary uses only snow, stone, wood, water, mud, flower petals, or even his own saliva to construct his works, which have ranged from frozen arches at the North Pole to a seven-foot-long chain of red poppy petals."

From: Andy Goldsworthy Biography - children, story, school, son, old, born, college, time, Career, Sidelights - Newsmakers Cumulation http://www.notablebiographies.com/newsmakers2/2007-Co-Lh/Goldsworthy-Andy.html#ixzz28MDtVSOJ

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