There’s a wide median running the length of Heights Boulevard, and it currently features a number of sculptures as part of a public art installation called “True North.” Of course it’s no surprise which of the sculptures appealed to me. These are not so great cell phone photos, but I think you’ll get the picture.
Does he look like a cute little dog? He’s probably over six feet tall and eight feet long. Try walking that on a leash.
He’s made of fabric and paper and fur and I don’t know what else–a great representation of a “Heinz 57,” or mutt.
And he’s got great pointing stance as he directs us north. The sculpture is titled “Pointing North,” in fact, and the artist is Carter Ernst. She has a lot of other public and community art throughout Houston–and at least one more giant dog as well as a giant chicken.
An amazing example of how the eye sees things as the should be rather than the way they are. So, why didn’t you do a selfie standing next to the puppy?
I’m not big on selfies. Also, my arm’s not long enough to have allowed seeing much of the ginormous puppy!
Actually, standing next to the dog you probably would have looked like a Hobbit.
If that means I get second breakfast, I’m all in!
Sometimes, the world of TV personifies dinosaurs as playful puppies. Anyway, I wish we had one of those in a park nearby :).
I kind of wish I could go back and pose my dogs next to this one.
I love this installation. My favorites are the “paper” airplane and the church roof.
I love the photo Johnnie posted of himself in one of the giant lawn chairs. They’re pretty great, too.