This bronze statue of the founder of Peoskey stands on a limestone pedestal on a hill over US-31 looking out towards the bay. Philanthropist Robert Jensen Dau commissioned the statue to honor Petoskey who moved here to save his children.
I think it says so much about a community when it features art as part of the public landscape. That’s one thing that a lot of the cities in northern Michigan have in common.
The above poster features my “Essence Series” creative body of work. You can see more at www.Anntopia.com.This is not HDR photography it’s a technique I’ve innovated using live plants, a flatbed scanner, archival inks and papers, and minerals. The limited edition prints range in size from 12″ x 18″ to 40″ x 40″ with larger sizes available for custom orders.
I’ll be at Arts in Ada on Saturday, May 17, from 9am – 4pm where much of my work will be available. This is a wonderful art show in quaint downtown Ada and if you love art in a casual outdoor atmosphere, you’ll be glad you stopped by. There is a wide variety of great artists who will be participating in the show. Here’s a link with the exact location.
Traverse City is known as the Cherry Capital and if you were to drive around farmland up there right about now you would see and smell all the fragrant fruit trees adorning the sweeping landscape. I took this photo just a couple of days ago.
I took this photo at a roadside park along M-31 in Petoskey. It’s still pretty early in the season there so the trees and grass haven’t totally greened up yet. But wow is it ever beautiful. More to come!
This was one of those “perfect moment” scenes where I was forced by circumstances to slam on my brakes, throw the car into reverse and get the shot. (FYI mom, there were no other cars around.)
I took this photo of an old, old barn on my mid Michigan road trip. Usually when I’m going somewhere, I just want to blast over there in the straightest, fastest route possible. But, ever since Captain Cutie Pie gave me a Garmon GPS, I try to take some extra time and choose the scenic route on the back roads. Why? It’s more fun and now I know I won’t get lost.
Here’s a great drive that I discovered on my way up North, there’s lots of old barns, and beautiful, beautiful farmland. I highly recommend it. Take a look at this Google map I made special for you, it shows the drive, I stopped about 1/2 way up 66, but you just might want to keep going. And for you guys up north, take the drive down to see us here in lower Michigan! More pics of my trip coming next week.
After a long cold winter, it’s so great to see the sun and beautiful Michigan Sky. I took this photo driving through the mid-Michigan countryside. I will definitely be taking this route next time I go up north. Although I drove for 3 hours, it went by fast because the scenery was so stunningly gorgeous. Way nicer than the highway!
I drove up to Synchronicity in Glen Arbor today to drop of my creative work for the summer season. Typically when I go on a trip, I take the most direct route home on the highway because I am notorious for getting lost. I took the back roads and boy are you all in for a treat. I got some great shots of Mid-Michigan farmland. In one of my coming posts I’ll give you some ideas for a beautiful drive.
I never get tired of the Frederik Meijer Gardens, as I’m sure you can tell if you look at my blog long enough! This is a sculture that you can walk inside and once there, it has water flowing through a steel link screen. It makes you feel kind of off balance when you look at it.
I was showing my butterfly photos to my friend Lisa and as soon as she say this one she said, “Look, he’s just sucking up spring!” If you look closely, you can see the butterfly is drinking nectar from the flower below it.
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