Tag Archives: painted

Colorful Bear

by

0

The painted bear that lines up on Hendersonville’s Main Street at the opening presentation of the Bearfootin’ Art Walk and Auction. The bears, each designed and decorated by a different local artist, stand on the street corners of downtown until October, when they’ll go to the highest bidder in a month-long silent auction.

Colorful Bear

Painted Bears

by

0

Hendersonville, NC, is home to a Public Art Walk called “Bearfootin’ on Main.” There are usually about 20 bears total each year, and each one gets painted by local artists for great causes. Three styles of bears adorn Main Street each year (a bear on all fours, a mama and baby bear, and a standing bear).

Sky-themed Bear

Mother and Daughter Bears

Bear Carrying Apples

Black and White Buildings in Chester

by

0

Chester, England is famous for its black and white buildings including the Rows, medieval two-tier buildings above street level with covered walkways which today house many of Chester’s shopping galleries. The Black-and-White Revival was an architectural movement in the mid-19th century that re-used the vernacular elements of the past, such as painted black timber framing with panels in between painted white, referring to Tudor style.

Chester’s Black and White Architecture
Black and White Building

Oxcarts of Sarchi

by

0

Long before eco-tourism vans took to the roads of Costa Rica, there was another much simpler mode of transportation: the oxcart. Brightly painted with intricate designs, these original wagons or their replicas can be seen throughout the country. Northwest of the international airport near San Jose (SJO) is Costa Rica’s capital of oxcart production, Sarchi, where a giant oxcart replica (the biggest in the world) sits right in the town’s central park. Toy model oxcarts are available in souvenir stores.

Oxcarts of Sarchi