The Art of Denver Botanical Garden

Happy Pi Day everyone!  As promised in the last post, today’s featured topic has absolutely nothing to do with birds, maybe a fish, but definitely not birds.  Think I just heard a collective sigh of relief across the blogosphere.  The following set of images were taken at the Denver Botanical Gardens.  To be honest, I am not overly excited with plants but more than willing to spend the day letting Linda work her craft among the pretty flowers.  The reality is, I have no problem hanging out at botanical gardens because I know they usually have a bunch of these:
Art at Denver Botanical Gardens

Maybe not a cool looking fish with a gorgeous backdrop but they generally have a large collection of ornate statues that keep me entertained for long periods of time.  From an “art” perspective, I still consider Allerton Park the best shooting location for the interesting and the bizarre. (link here).  Indianapolis Botanical Garden was another wonderful place to photograph odd statues (link here).   Now I get to add Denver to that list.  The art selector in the gardens we have visited in the past tend to be more abstract based which makes the next very concrete (sorry for the pun) piece really stand out among the overall collection.  Very fluid lines and perfect proportions – nicely done.

Art at Denver Botanical Gardens

Hit the break to see a number of other displays at the Denver Botanical Gardens

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