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Monday Mystery Answered
On Monday I asked:
Where have you seen this statue?
What's its name, and why? (And yes, the photo is in color.)
The answers:
Judy M was right on: "This is one of the Bird Girl statues, correct? The most famous one was depicted on the cover of a book called- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."
To that I add, it's called "Bird Girl," because it once served as a bird feeder/statue in Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah.
The statue (below) is now in the Telfair Museum in Savannah, where I saw it last week.
Painting of the Bird Girl reimagined, bottom, is by Lisa Ocampo.
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Your painting is terrific, and then some.
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I ran across this blog online and was surprised to see my painting on here. Thanks for posting it! I also work at the Telfair Museums and have had about 13 years communing with the bird girl herself daily. The painting hung in the museum for a while and the educational docents used it to teach children how artists inspire artists.
-LisaO
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Jim Wright
Your painting is terrific, and then some.
LISA OCAMPO
I ran across this blog online and was surprised to see my painting on here. Thanks for posting it! I also work at the Telfair Museums and have had about 13 years communing with the bird girl herself daily. The painting hung in the museum for a while and the educational docents used it to teach children how artists inspire artists.
-LisaO