The theme for this week's photohunt is original. I snapped the photo below in the NC Botanical Gardens on Thursday. The NCBG has an art show between September and November with original art by North Carolina artists scattered throughout the garden. 
I decided to create an original work of art for the theme this week. I'm going to end with my original creation but first an original charcoal drawing my father did of me in 1973 when I was 16. I like the way the light caught my camera in the glass when I photographed the old charcoal of me.
For the original work of art which I created for the photohunt, I decided on mixed media. First I purchased some new art supplies for the occasion.
Then I gathered some dried plant materials from my fall garden and went at it.
There you have it. Art in the garden followed by two generations of artists. Don't you think my father would be proud of me?PhotoHunt
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88 comments:
Oh that charcole drawing is amazing! Your dad is very talented! Very original artwork from everyday crayolas using your garden items! my photo is up early please come and visit
I think your dad WOULD be proud!
I love that garden sculpture. Funny I am in Chicago and they have something similar going down on Michigan Avenue. I took a couple photos!
The charcoal drawing is amazing. It is soo hard to make "good" faces...your dad is very talented!
wow, that's a priceless original! great take on the theme.
thanks for the visit. :)
Oh wow, great pictures, specially that charcoal by your dad. Original indeed.
wow!
very original entry!
happy weekend!
Great choices, but I especially like that first photo! Happy photo hunting!
LOL - great choices for this week. Love the original art work in the first photo.
Happy Weekend.
Nice shots. I particularly love the sculpture and the drawing of you. Have a great weekend
that first photo is stunning!! Beautiful charcoal drawing. Have a wonderful Saturday.
Very original. Your father's quite talent with that drawing of you.
Great pictures, as always. Have a good weekend, Carver.
wow, I love the charcoal picture. Your father's very talented! Happy weekend!
very artistic. It looks like you had a lot of fun with this, and that garden sculpture is amazing!
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nice entry, like your dad's
charcoal drawing...happy weekend!
mine is up now.
I'm enjoying this hunt as always and thanks for visiting. I probably should have mentioned that my Dad died in 1998 but I am glad I have so much of his art. The down side is I have six paintings he did of me and although I like them I don't have quite the ego it would take to hang them all. I do have the charcoal up that I posted here and I have one of the paintings he did of me as well as one he did of my mother hung. He painted any of his children that he could talk into sitting for him a lot. We were sort of commanded models, ha.
Yes, your father would be very proud of you! :D
Wow...these are wonderful! I like how you made those fingerprint art....orginal!
Definitely your photo is original, especially the charcoal drawing.
Mine is up at Photographic Memories.
Your father must be a wonderful artist. You must treasure that drawing very much. I like seeing you reflected on the glass.
Finger painting, now that's really fun. My son loves arts and crafts too.
Thanks for visiting.
Very original and very good. You have inherited your father's talent.
LOL! Clear off the livingroom wall! NEW artwork coming in! I'm sure your dad would be VERRRRRRRY proud! And HIS work is very good too!
I love that you decided to create some originals for this week's theme. The charcoal portrait and the statue are so beautiful. Have a great weekend!
Aw, what an excellent assortment of originals!!! The drawing your father did is very beautiful indeed!
Your artwork looks like you had a great deal of fun with it and I am sure your dad would be very proud!
I am with Melli put your Dad's art work of you up and enjoy!! Thanks for visiting!! Have a nice weekend!!
What wonderful ideas you had for the theme Carver. I love the sculpture in the garden. Will you be posting more of these photos?
You Dad is an amazing sketch artist.
WOW! I love the charcoal painting of you:) I also have a painting of my own taken when I was 24 about 5 yrs ago! Nice entry this week,Carver!:)
Have a great weekend!
That is a really original art piece in the Botanical Garden! It is startling! I can't think of a more precious gift from a father than a drawing like that. You were (oh I hate the "were" because I know you still are) beautiful.
Someone else posted art in a park, and now I forget who. It is wonderful to find art in unexpected places.
I like the garden art but the drawing your dad did was very pretty. Your art was good to! Good choices.
this is very good
Well . . . I like the ORIGINAL idea you had to show that artists run in families! Ü Good job!!!!!! Ü
Everyone I have visited so far has such unique ideas.
Thanks for visiting my entry.
yes I think we all need to bow down to you on this challenge!
What a great photo hunt you produced! But really not a surprise because you are quite an original yourself!
Great charcoal painting what a great keepsake.
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Your first photo gave me nightmare !! good photo selection
Love the photos... Specially the Charcoal painting... I'm avid fan of paintings!... In fact, I usually paint way back before...though I still can paint 'til now I just can't find time to paint... great photos!... Mine is here...
http://boggos.blogspot.com/2007/09/photo-hunt-original.html
http://wilstop.info/2007/09/29/photo-hunt-original/
Have a nice day!...c",)
The drawing your father did is quite stunning! Great original pics!
how very cool!!! thanks for visiting me.
Great choices for the week. I really like the sculpture. Austin has some great outdoor art too.
I just love that statue at the Botanical Gardens,... and the drawing is fantastic.,.....! All good photos. Have a good weekend.
Your father sure did a beautiful charcoal painting of you. We don't many of such artistic people around these days. Well done for the thme. Happy weekend.
Wow
That is truly original
A great entertaining post! I love the sculpture too. But your idea to create an original piece of art for photohunt is unbeatable. Well done! :)
Great choices!
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Great originals! The charcoal is wonderful.
oh yeah, you Daddy will be very proud. hihi. Fun photos you have here. My entry is up!
A very original and taleted family obviously.
Thanks for visiting earlier :)
Lovely collection of original art! :) The charcoal drawing your father did is beautiful - he was very talented. :)
My original photo.
Wow! Your father was really talented being able to create that! I think it's fun that you bought crayola just for the occasion! Good times!
Thanks for visiting!
Thanks for visiting and I appreciate the comments.
The charcoal drawing is perfect and probably my favorite.
Very creative series of shots... well done. I'm sure your Father IS proud of you!
Lovely collection of original photos. Your father's charcoal painting looks so sweet.
Thanks for making an original art for this theme. Have a great weekend! :)
Ohhh i love the charcole drawing of you..That is really neat!.im pretty sure your Dad is so proud of your finger paintings..lol..the sculpture are pretty neat too..Have agret weekend!
wow! I very like that charcoal painting! I wish I had one, too :)
and that piece of art you made... so cool! ^-^
This are really neat shots and pricelss too. Happy PH
mine is up at My Two Cents Worth and
The Four Seasons Of My Life I hope You can visit me too. TC
Awesome stuff! I love how you give us multiple photos for the theme :)
Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private.
-Allen Ginsberg
Poetry has so many forms and I believe you know them all.
Love, K.
wow! very nice pics! I love it! Very original! Love that crayola thing!
Very good take on theme. I love the angel in the garden. Before my exile, I volunteered at the BG in Huntsville. I love that garden and visit it often. I have been to the Memphis BG twice but it isn't convienent for me to volunteer there. When my exile is over I'm hoping to do so again.
Thank you for visitng me. I'm going to read some more of your posts. I am always looking for new interesting people.
Mama Bear
Oh, I loved all of those. Three very different ones giving us such variety to look at :-)
The drawing must be very precious to you. I wish we had saved some of my dad small drawings he did....
Good stuff, and yes, the charcoal drawing is great.
The picture your Dad drew is beautiful. The gsrden statue by the local artist and the multimedia work is beautiful too. You put a lot of quality tome into this post.
The statue is amazing. I'm always in awe when an artist is able to capture femininity and grace
Very artistic! :)
Your father would definitely be proud of you. Love his drawing and your original piece of art as well!
Happy weekend !
Those are great pieces of original art. That's a wonderful drawing of you.
Great selection for this week, I love that first one especially!!!
Carver,
Excellent ideas and photographs! Love it!
Thanks for the photohunters visits and comments. I appreciate it so much. It's been fun seeing what everyone came up with.
and "guess who" I like your new commenter name, made me laugh. Perfect quote for the original theme and thank you for your kind words.
Great ideas for the theme. My kids sure would have loved helping you with your creation, and I love that I don't have to worry with Color Wonder!
What a treasure to have a drawing made of you by your father, and I, too love the way the photo captured you again. The garden sculpture is amazing, too. Thanks for stopping by Pollywog Creek this morning. Blessings on your weekend.
That first piece of art is freaky!! Animal/human mixtures freak me out :)
That charcoal drawing is really nice. Your father was a good artist.
Art is the garden looks like fun. I haven't done anything like that in a while.
Flo's Place
wonderful job carver! you have a luvely site here, if you don't mind i think i'll link to you so i can find my way back to read..
cheers
k:))
Thanks again for the comments photohunters, and Karoline feel free to link to me. I appreciate that. Carver
charcoal drawing of you by your father. What a wonderful, beautiful portrait. Thanks for sharing this with us. sara from farmingfriends
Thanks for visiting us. We like the charcoal drawing of you best. Your dad would be very proud of you indeed, you are very creative.
Very original ! and I like the charcoal drawing very much it's beautiful !
You are so pretty!
Beautifully done charcoal.
Now I want to get me some fingerpaints and go wild!
Thanks for visiting,
Frances
All these original ideas are perfect! Bravo! I will make you my site of the week! hehe....
loved this..
p.s. I have a real life video posted today.. come see! :)
The sculpture is a bit creepy for me but I like the charcoal drawing and your mixed-media artwork. Originals! :D
The charcoal sketch is beautiful - and I love your original art, too. Your dad would definitely be proud. Have a great weekend!
Very arty and original!
Particularly that sculpture in the Gardens. Very unusual
That sculpture is amazing...and I LOVE your Dad's picture. These are all very creative. Thank you for stopping by my PH yesterday. I'm sorry I'm a bit late visiting.
:-) Susan
Nice contrasts for the theme!
Thanks for stopping by mine :)
Your Dad would definitely be proud of you. Love his charcole drawing it is awesome, and your original piece of art as well!
Thanks for dropping by and have a great weekend.
NC is a great place to live!!!
Thanks again for the comments. I've found it interesting how some people like the sculpture from the garden and some find her disturbing. I have nicknamed her the Goddess of Originality or Angel of Originality because I didn't take notes on the various sculpture and I couldn't find her name. I think it's clear when she's enlarged that she has a very kind face but I do find it interesting that she affected different people differently. Someone mentioned that she had animal characteristics which would have never occurred to me. I thought she had angelic wings. In any event I found the different comments interesting.
Very original and creative thinking in that sculpture. And the painting from your Daddy is professional looking. Thank you for sharing the very unique original them.
Love the charcoal painting of you. Very original! Thanks for commenting on mine.
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