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The River Project is quickly coming to an end. I was fortunate to go to the last Artists Walk on March 6th. The last display date will be March 13th.

The Artists Walk is a guided walk with some of the artists who discuss the creative process of each sculpture. This day, the attending artists were: Eric Lintala, Richard Creighton, Stacy Latt Savage and Nancy Train Smith.  I was pleasantly surprised to see a fairly large group of people for this event.

The group stopped at each sculpture and each artist gave an explanation of their sculpture. Two artist were not present so another artist spoke in their place.

As each artist spoke, I became intrigued with the intent of each artist with their sculpture. Such as, choice of site, color, materials used and the specific type of sculpture chosen. On one occasion,  as Stacy Latt Savage spoke of her art work, I was so focus on her explanation, I forgot I had a camera to take some photos! I should have brought my voice recorder for adequate notes, as I could do no justice to the explanations of each art piece.

It was a pleasure to meet the artists, members of the Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust (DNRT) and the anticipation to photograph each month what the seasons brought to the sculptures. I am glad they did this.

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Quite possibly the last of the monthly series showing the season changes of the “The River Project: Sculpture at Slocum’s River Reserve”, an exhibition of site-specific sculptures. Hopefully, I be able to attend the Artist Walk scheduled on March 6th which is a guided tour by an artist. If I do attend, I’ll take a few photos whereby it will then be the last. The sculptures will not be displayed after March 13th.
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• Fish sculpture “Migration” seasonal photos here
• All other seasonal sculpture photos here

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• Gustin Gallery
• Nancy Train Smith Blog

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We had a few days of good weather and before the rain storms come once more, I decided to head to Slocum’s River Reserve to continue taking monthly photos of the art sculptures. Plus, since the previous rain storms washed most of the snow away, the trails at Slocum’s River Reserve were most likely clear of snow but muddy. Unlike the last winter visit with snow covered trails which made for strenuous walking. (Note: click on thumbnail for larger image and photo caption)

Walking on wet trails of snow and mud, I made my way first to the fish sculpture titled, “Migration”. The Migration sculpture suffered a fatal causality with one broken fish.  I suppose the recent bad weather was the culprit. I surmise the wind knocked it off its stand which caused the damage.   Another was also knocked off its stand but appeared undamaged while the others were fine.

The Green Man sculpture stood out in the sunlight surrounded by the bare winter trees. One person on the trail told me a story of when, one day, they were walking their dog it stopped dead in its tracks when they reached the Green Man sculpture. The dog gave a deep huff – that in between bark and growl – not sure what these were. I laughed with them as they told the story picturing the dogs behavior in my mind.

The highlight for birding was a Northern Harrier that flew by and another unidentified raptor in the distance. I was unable to get a decent photo of either.

Lots of Mute Swans and Canada Geese in the distance open water.  As I observed them, I heard some commotion by the waters edge like the sound of  beating wings. I approached the waters edge to find a small opening of water providing a place for one pair of Mute Swans and a lone Canada Goose.

When I approached closer to the shoreline, the swans swam away while the goose stood its ground with a vigilant eye.

I suspect the swans chased the goose away from the open water. The poor goose waited on the ice looking like it lost its best friend.

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Here are a few more photos of the other sculptures on the reserve.

In addition to these, there are a few more not on this page but within the archives. If you choose to visit, there are two pages within each section. Look for page links on the bottom right corner. Fish sculpture here and  all other sculptures here.

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Two days after the blizzard there is still much snow, the main roads are good but secondary roads are still snow covered. As I traveled the snow covered roads to The River Project Sculpture at Slocum’s River Reserve I wondered about the parking lot. Was it plowed? Fortunately it was.

I peered down the snow drifted trails noticing very few tracks. Walking in the knee deep snow made for a slow strenuous walk. I followed the snow trails blazed by a cross country skier and those with snow shoes made the trek somewhat easier.

I took a few photos of each sculpture but one. The ladders were missed due to walking back as I came. When I reached the ladders I was not happy with my position or the lighting plus I did not want to make another trek around.

It was a wonderful day to enjoy the winter scenery.  More photos will be uploaded to the achieve section later.

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Continuing the seasonal changes associated with the site-specific sculptures at Slocum’s River Reserve in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. My focus is primarily on the fish sculpture.

"Migration" by Nancy Train Smith

• Fish sculpture “Migration” seasonal photos here
• All other some seasonal sculpture photos here

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The Space Between Sculpture

The Space Between
by Stacy Latt Savage
The River Project: Sculpture at Slocum’s River Reserve

A walk-about at Slocum’s River Reserve serves a dual purpose for birding and the current sculpture display. Not much in bird photographs as most birds where a distance away. I was also scouting to see if the ducks were in the river. My goal to to photo a Bufflehead and Merganser up close this year.

As for bird photos this time out, well, I had an almost hawk photo.

As I was switching lens and I was almost ready, a Blue Jay came by and harassed the Red-tailed Hawk who promptly flew away from the jay. Hence, resulting in an almost photo.

• Fish sculpture “Migration” seasonal photos here
• All other some seasonal sculpture photos here

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Green Men
by Ellen Lewis Watson
The River Project: Sculpture at Slocum’s River Reserve