nAbove: The July 22, 2011 show opening at Johnson Heritage Post was an indooroutdoor affair, with sculptures by five different artists both on the lawn and inside the building. Tom Christiansen and Don Hammer represented local talent, with Paul Linden, Greg Mueller, and Wayne Potratz joining them from outside the county. The show runs through August 7.
Artist Wayne Potratz had on display numerous bronze, wood and stone sculptures of intriguing figures paddling canoes.
Above: Paul Linden, adjunct instructor at the University of Minnesota, created this sculpture titled Colony Collapse Disorder. The charred wood evokes the destructive potential of the unexplained worldwide phenomenon of honeybee colonies dying off. The bowls, representing the connection between bees pollinating plants and the food chain, each have a little bit of Minnesota-made honey in them.
Right: Christiansen’s Sprite soars in the afternoon sun.
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