Harley Davidson meets Rolls Royce*
This is my all-time favorite cemetery angel, so far. My friend C.Wright found this in Palestine. Palestine, Texas. When I made a pilgrimage to her place last month, this was one of the cemeteries on my list that I was dying to visit.
I don't know who the sculptor is. His/her signature is engraved on the teal-colored base of the statue. I couldn't read it and wasn't able to get a good photo of it in the fading light. The statue doesn't mark any single grave and there is no plaque giving credit for its placement to the Order of the Eastern Star or The Ali-Babba Temple of the Shrine. It's just there.
At the edge of the cemetery, at the end of a star shaped sidewalk (don't ask - its hard to explain and even harder to photograph) which leads to the statue, there is this stone:
Art for art's sake. We could use more of that.
Thanks to Miss Kitty for the title this week. She captured the exact feel of this rusting chrome angel.
That is a fascinating angel.
ReplyDeleteShe is just awesome. And I think that the scripture just adds to the whole thing.
ReplyDeleteGlad to be able to help, Spooky. :-P
ReplyDelete'dying to visit' ... laughing :)
ReplyDeleteGreat pics of a masterpiece! Thanks
She is most beautiful. Thank you Spooky.
ReplyDeleteShe is a most interesting piece of work.
ReplyDeleteI am like Lorna, cracking up at that "dying to visit" comment!
Fantastic artwork.
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