Giant Sculptures Roam the Landscape

American sculptor, Tom Otterness has been creating public art since the 1970s when he began working with the artist group, Colab (Collaborative Projects) in New York.  He has since shown work in exhibitions around the world from Paris and Munich to NYC.  His style skillfully combines whimsical play with poignant messages about money, [...]

Cause and Affect

Landscape architects often have the job of balancing the conflicting interests of preservation and development. One example is at National Parks, where visitor access and circulation is a necessary element that still has to be careful not to destroy the resource people are there to see in the first place. We face the [...]

Museum of Nature

Finnish photographer, Ilkka Halso, creates postmodern futures using a combination of actual built structures and digital rendering techniques.  Horrible, beautiful, and compelling, these images imagine a time when nature is an endangered artifact.  I think his work relates directly to the  need to focus on the “visitor experience” at our state and [...]

Nicole Dextras: Environmental Artist

Talk about changing your wardrobe with the seasons…

Nicole Dextras is a visual artist based in Vancouver, BC.  Along with photography, book arts, and paper casting, she explores the ephemeral beauty of environmental art.  Inspired by the work of Andy Goldsworthy and Robert Smithson, she has found her own intriguing style in beautiful compositions [...]

Creative Minds

Whenever I see people thinking outside of the box, I just have to share it…

How many music videos have you seen in which the artist is walking mournfully through a windy computer-generated landscape?  With the band, “Ok, Go” you will never yawn through another music video again. I offer this to you in the hope [...]