Lens Artists Photo Challenge #355 – Creativity Looking Back to #42

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Ann-Christine is our host for the first “Looking Back” topic and she explains the challenge like this: “This week we are starting to look back… each month or maybe every 6 weeks, one of us in the LAPC – team will repeat a PREVIOUSLY USED subject for the week. We will share a link to the old post, and then create a new post on the same subject. This will also give us all a chance to address challenges we may not have done before.”

Ann-Christine is asking us to look back to the topic #42 Creativity from April, 2019. I didn’t start participating in the challenges until later that year so I don’t have a previous post to look back on. You can visit Ann-Christine’s #42 post here.

Tybee Island, Georgia is home to many creative artists. In 2006 a few residents came up with the idea to display turtle statues painted by local artists around the island. In 2007 I photographed most of the turtles that were here at that time. Sometime later some of the turtles were auctioned off to raise money for sea-turtle research and preservation. For more about the project please visit Public Art on Display – Tybee Island.

I’ve always thought I didn’t have a creative bone in my body. When I was in school I was terrible in art classes. I can’t draw, I can’t paint, I can’t sculpt. I got the idea for this challenge when I saw one of the turtle statues on a morning drive around Tybee Island.

The featured image is the turtle that greets everyone at the Welcome to Tybee Island sign. I photographed it and the following image this morning.

The following gallery are some of the turtles I photographed in 2007. Each turtle was done by a different artist and each turtle is unique. These statues show the creativity of the different artists who made them. A few are still located around the island.

Last week I enjoyed all of the great responses to Anne’s challenge Reflections. The Lens-Artists team is taking a break next weekend so be sure to check back on Saturday, July 12 at noon Eastern Time when our guest host SH will be hosting the challenge. And as always, please remember that Every Day is a Gift.

Many thanks to Ann-Christine for this challenge Lens-Artists #355 – Looking Back to Creativity

For information on how to join the Len-Artists challenge please click here.

36 thoughts on “Lens Artists Photo Challenge #355 – Creativity Looking Back to #42”

    1. Tina, thank you! I was really struggling with what I was going to do for this challenge. There are only a few of the turtles left but they are always fun to see and make me smile. Enjoy your Independence Day!

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  2. Beth, I think we’re soul sisters. You and I have the same artistic abilities! Yet, with a camera in our hands we create art! Loved these turtles. They have such personalities!

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    1. Thanks Anne! Most of these turtles are gone now but the ones that are left are so fun to see. I don’t personally know any of the artists but I love how they all came up with something different.

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  6. What a wonderful creative idea. Love your series of turtles, particularly Miss Tybee Island and the lighthouse in the front yard.

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  7. Thanks so much, Beth! Loved hearing about the Tybee turtles—what a wonderfully creative way to celebrate local art and support a cause. And trust me, spotting beauty, capturing it, and sharing its story like you do? That’s creativity in full swing.
    Philo

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    1. Ritva, thank you! You picked a good time to visit Tybee. There are fewer crowds during the off season and the weather is much cooler than in the summer. We are in the peak of tourist season right now and the island is already starting to get crowded.

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  9. That’s a wonderfully creative gallery.

    I know someone who used to buy a little sculpture of a turtle in every country. You’ll not be surprised what a common subject they are for artists, but I was.

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  11. I loved this! I find it so wonderful when a community has their artists come together and make art for the town. These are all fabulous!
    Our little town had artists paint all of our old street posts. They are just as terrific as your turtles! Nice post, Beth!

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    1. John, Glad you like the turtles. Like you I enjoy seeing murals and statues around a community. I’ve seen bulldogs in Athens, Georgia (Georgia Bulldogs, of course), horses in Sheridan, Wyoming, a bear in Seward, Alaska. I’m sure I’ve seen others, too.

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  14. A very creative gallery, Beth! You have picked an interesting and varied exhibition, and to me, most certainly unusual. The best thing is when art is both fun and made/sold for a good cause. I bet thewe artists – and the viewers – had a great time! Your creativity captured them for us.

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    1. Ann-Christine, it was a fun challenge. I had fun taking these photos all those years ago and I had fun looking at them again when I decided to use them for this post. I’m glad you like them.

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