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sign - welcome to Illinois

The two RV Gypsies
at Mount Vernon, Illinois
and
Cedarhurst Sculpture Park

 

 Map of Illinois showing location of Mount Vernon within the state of Illinois

Please view the movie below of a hail and rain storm in Mount Vernon.
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Welcome to Cedarhurst:
Nestled on a 90-acre site in southern Illinois, Cedarhurst celebrates the arts year-round with exciting visual and performing arts programs for the public. The two RV Gypsies explored rolling meadows and woods, home to Cedarhurst Sculpture Park, and the museum's outdoor gallery with over 60 large-scale sculptures. The Mitchell Museum has contemporary art exhibitions in two galleries, including the Children's Gallery. Below are several photos and signs about some of the outdoor sculptures found at the Cedarhurst Center for the Arts.

Flag - Cedarhurst - Center for the Arts
 Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, the home of Mount Vernon's chrome gorilla
sign about the chrome gorilla
Mount Vernon's chrome gorilla
Lee Duquette poking Mount Vernon's chrome gorilla in the nose
Chrome Gorilla
 
sign about the art sculpture #2
Lee Duquette bythe Wrench Wench
sign about the art sculpture #3
Karen Duquette by the Chrome horse
Karen Duquette by the Chrome horse
 
sign about the sculpture to the right of this sign
Art Sculpture
Art Sculpture #6
sign about the art sculpture #8
Lee Duquette by art sculpture #8
sign about the art sculpture #10
art sculpture #10 Time Flies
 
sign about the art sculpture #11
art Sculpture # 11 Thor's Hammer
another view of art sculpture # 11
 
sign about the art sculpture # 12
art sculpture # 12
sign about the art sculpture # 13
art sculpture #13
Lee was hoping the Atlas in the middle of the posts was a spinning Atlas, but it was not.
sign about the art sculpture # 14
art sculpture # 14
sign about the art sculpture # 17
art sculpture # 17
sign about the art sculpture # 18
art sculpture # 18
 
sign about the art sculpture # 19
Each of the four columns in the art sculpture below has the same face on the bottom, but the shape of the columns are different.
part of art sculpture # 19
art scuplture # 19
Below: An untitled Rabbit head behind sculpture # 19.
untitled bunny
 untitled bunny
 
sign about the art sculpture # 20
art sculpture # 20
 
sign about the art sculpture # 21
From the front of this sculpture you can see the finished cow and the outline in the original piece of steel. From this angle behind the sculpture, the cow in front almost seems to fit perfectly into the outline in the original piece of steel.
front view of art sculpture # 21
view from behind art sculpture # 21
 
sign about the art sculpture # 22
art sculpture # 22
 
sign about the art sculpture # 23
art sculpture # 23
 another view of art sculpture # 23
 
Below are pieces of art that were not numbered, and did not have any signs.
Notice the reflection of the two RV Gypsies in the window as they take the photograph below.
front view of a statue
back view of a statue with the two RV Gypsies reflected in a window
art sculpture
art in front of the Mitchell Museum
   
The art sculpture shown below is made out of ONE solid steel piece. Wonder how that was accomplished.
sign about the artist of "Knot"
a big knot made out of steel
Below: Karen Duquette's arms also seem to be tied in a knot. LOL
Karen Duquette by the giant knot
 
sign about the art sculpture made of steel and stone
the art sculpture made of steel and stone
 
The art sculptures shown below in the pond are free-floating all around the pond.
sign about the art sculptures entiteled Dancers
 one of the art sculptures entitled Dancers
one of the art sculptures entitled Dancers
art sculpture floating in the pond
 
Ducks by the pond (no, these are not sculptures - they are real ducks). One duck yelled when the two RV Gypsies got too close to them.
Ducks by the pond
ducks
Lee Duquette doing a balancing act on the bridge by the pond.
Lee Duquette doing a balancing act
Lee Duquette doing a balancing act
sign about the art sculpture Stone Vessel
the art sculpture Stone Vessel
sign about the art sculpture Time Flight
Lee Duquette by the art sculpture Time Flight
sign about the artist of the untitled granite sculpture
 Karen Duquette under a giant art sculpture
 
sign about the art sculpture Folded Square Alphabet Q
Lee Duquette by the art sculpture
Art Sculpture Q
 
sign about the art sculpture Big Bang
the art sculpture Big Bang
sign about the art sculpture Crossroads
 the art sculpture Crossroads
sign about the art sculpture The Apprentice
the art sculpture the Apprentice
sign about the art sculpture Three Travelers
 the art sculpture Three Travelers
sign about the art sculpture Three Stelae
the art sculpture Three Stelae
sign about the art sculpture Dolmen
the art sculpture Dolmen
 
sign about the art sculpture Vessel
the art sculpture Vessel
another view of the art sculpture Vessel
close-up view of vessel
 
sign about the art sculpture Time Tunnel
Lee Duquette in the art sculpture Time Tunnel
The two RV Gypsies in the art sculpture entitled "Time Tunnel"
Lee Duquette in the art sculpture Time Tunnel
Karen Duquette in the art sculpture Time Tunnel
 
The below piece of art entitled Serendipity forms a question mark.
sign about the art entitled Serendipity
art entitled Serendipity forms a question mark
sign about the art Northern Moon
Northern Moon at Cedarhurst Art Center
 
Look for the letter "U" that has been "folded" out of the large piece of steel.
sign about the art sculpture shown below
look for the letter U in this art
 another view of the letter U artwork
 
sign about artwork
artwork at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts
a very attractive building at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts
untitled statue
 
The Mitchell Museum and a Time Capsule are located on the same grounds as the Cedarhurst Center for the Arts. No photos were taken inside the Mitchell Museum.
sign for the Mitchell Museum
 Cedarhurst time capsule
 
Art in the town of Mount Vernon in Illinois.
Art in the town of Mount Vernon in Illinois
smile faceA giant female statue outside the store that says Stan The Tire Man. DUH!
A giant female statue outside the store that says Stan The Tire Man
A giant mailbox in the City of Mount Vernon.
A giant mailbox in the City of Mount Vernon
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