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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.

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #249 – Public Art

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Alaska

Lighthouse attacked by Octopus, Valdez; Bear statue, Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center; Moose, Talkeetna; Giant Chicken, Chicken; Totem, Ketchikan; Mural, Juneau; Mural, Seward; Memorial to the men and women who built the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, Valdez

Ireland and Scotland

Highland Cow in the Scottish Highlands; Charlie Chaplin, Waterville, Ireland; Mural in Waterville, Ireland; Faith, Hope and Charity in Inverness, Scotland; Immigrant Statue, Cobh, Ireland; Star Wars in the Dingle Peninsula, Ireland; The Latin Quarter, Galway, Ireland; Mural in Glasgow, Scotland

Around the USA

Header image is Forsyth Park Fountain, Savannah, Geogia; Andy and Opie in Mount Airy, NC; Mark Twain in Hannibal, Missouri; Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Fin in Hannibal, Missouri; Tybee Island Pier, Georgia; Laurel and Hardy, Harlem, Georgia; Buddy Holly, Lubbock, Texas; Mississippi River Mural, Cape Girado, Missouri; Cadillac Ranch, Texas; Mermaids, Weeki Wachi Springs, Florida; Wyland Wall, Key West, Florida; Waving Girl, Savannah, Georgia

Many thanks to John for challenging us to focus on public art in all it’s forms and locations. You can find his original post at Lens-Artists Challenge #249 – Art in the Park (and other places)