Stolen Art! The most photographed object in town?

Dragon named Buttercup.

I picked up Charlottetown’s newspaper The Guardian to discover that the sculpture nicknamed Buttercup has been stolen. It was  taken from in front of the store Sunday evening.

Sometime when I walk around town I realize how many things I pass by every day and take for granted. This piece of Nova Scotia folk art has stood outside the Book Emporium on Queen Street for many years, and is claimed by the owners to be the most photographed object in Charlottetown. Indeed as I was talking to the store owner someone else snapped a photo of the sculpture.

Buttercup.

I’ve always liked this fun, and colourful creature, and it’s presence on the street is a pleasure to young and old alike.

Breaking a painting down into parts.

This is a painting from my Long Series that I like. But there are parts of it that I like more than the whole. The great thing about iPhoto is that I can easily crop my images and pick out details that might eventually be of use to me.

Upper right detail.

Lower left detail.

Middle right detail.