My sculpture that is in Art in the Arboretum: Color (see my previous post) started life as a wall sculpture, as photographed here.

Now installed outdoors and low to the ground in a garden setting, it’s a different sort of sculpture entirely.  It’s dramatic on the wall, and looks almost opaque to me, but outside near the ground it’s much quieter and the mesh looks more transparent than in these photos.  It blends in well with it’s surroundings. I like it in both places, for different reasons, but seeing it in a new way gives me some ideas about working again with this steel-mesh material.

An Inviting Leaf, Painted Steel and Wire Mesh, 60″ x 60″ x 36″, 2009, photo by RR Jones

detail of An Inviting Leaf, Painted Steel and Wire Mesh, 60″ x 60″ x 36″, 2009, photo by RR Jones