Architecture

This is the Dune House, located in Atlantic Beach, Florida. It was made by the architect William Morgan in 1975 and is actually a duplex. He decided that he wanted to have an unobstructed view of the beach and the best way for him to accomplish that was to build his home into the sand dune that was there. I honestly love these types of houses that are built into or underneath the ground. I've always loved J.R.R. Tolkien and the "hobbit style" homes that his writing created. The fact that they can be so spacious but also conserve energy is just so great to me and one day, I would love to stay in that type of house or even possible be able to own one myself. I included the floor plan, which you can see below, just to illustrate the way that the house is laid out and the type of space that it actually does have on the inside.

Sculpture

This sculpture is called Colosso dell'Appennino. It is located in Villa Demidoff which is just north of Florence, Italy. It dates back to the 16th century and was created by an Italian sculptor by the name of Giambologna. It used to be surrounded by several other smaller sculptures that were made of bronze but they were either stolen or lost. This sculpture to me is very beautiful. For it to be able to withstand the age old test of time and still be standing to this day is just very amazing to me. This giant man is very much, in my opinion, the guardian of this pond and really just the entire area. He even looks as if he might be holding a pitcher of some sort as if it illustrate to us that he could be the very reason that there is even water in the pond to begin with. The way that the trees are growing around it as if it was just a normal part of nature and did not disrupt anything is so astounding to me because in many other cases nature will consume something that it doesn't feel belongs there side by side with it. To think that nature is accepting of this being there and is okay with it just shows you how very much alive nature actually is.

Picture

Loss 48"x72", oil on linen, 2014

1. A hyper realistic oil painting that portrays loss.
2. The artist uses oil paints and wide variety of darker colors in order to convey the message which in this case is loss of something, anything.
3.It will be different for every person but the way that it makes us feel will stir up the same kind of feelings and memories. For me it is the loss of many things, too many to name but it makes me think about all the things tht I have lost in my life and I can very easily relate to this painting.