Art in a Park: A visit to the Grounds for Sculpture

3 August 2013

Greetings to my dear readers and friends – and adoring fans – around the world,

Paprika and Oregano decided to take advantage of my visit to go someplace they’d never been before: The Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey. This 42 acre park-like setting has over 270 sculptures of all styles tucked into shady coves, in bright meadows and amid stands of colorful flowers.

We meandered past ponds full of blooming lotus blossoms, while iridescent blue dragonflies danced around my head. The dragonflies were pretty, but I was concerned that they might get snaggled up in my beautiful braids. I squealed and ducked a lot when we were near the pond.

We were encouraged to interact with or touch many of the sculptures. That was all the permission we needed to be goofy – and we didn’t need much encouragement!

As Paprika said so eloquently, “Art should be experienced, not described.” So, here are a few snapshots of our favorite moments of the day. (Click on any of the images to get to the image carousel with captions.)

Yours in flatness and love,

Flat Kathy

I sure hope this tower of rocks doesn’t fall on Oregano and me.

It’s like the opening in this sculpture was made just for me.

Playing peek-a-boo with Paprika

Oregano and I fit right in at the Grounds for Sculpture.

This part of the park is designed to look like Monet’s bridge. I think they got it right.

That single lotus blossom was bigger than all of me. I first thought it was a sculpture, but it’s actually REAL!

I don’t know why, but something drew me to this sculpture. The peacocks were a surprise.

We waited for the peacock to show us his beautiful feathers, but this was the best view we got.

This sculpture is supposed to represent a bread line during the Depression, but I couldn’t suppress my smile – besides, these sad fellas looked like they needed cheering up.

Mirror, mirror, on the grass… A fun group-photo with my friends from New Jersey!

Admiring all that art sure does make a girl hungry – and what a relief to eat pizza with cheese again!! (My South African friends don’t put cheese on their pizza – strange, eh?)