Not content with a smiling garden gnome or some crudely carved pumpkins, this guy really took the suburban tradition of lawn art to new levels with his intensely engineered tribute to Tim Burton’s animated classic, ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’.
I thought his daughter running out was part of the show, but apparently it was just a happy accident!
Personally, I have always loved elaborately decorated properties. The highbrow art establishment usually scoffs at yards filled with bathtub altars, goofy ladybug statues and other forms of exuberant tackiness. Unless of course it is in a foreign country, and then of course it is laudable folk art. I have seen more delightfully creative constructions on backwater drives than I ever have in galleries, where so often the tedious idea of ‘what art is’ pretty much sucks the life right out of you.
- A lot of lawn art encourages viewer participation.
I love the quirky personalities you see fully expressed in the best lawn art extravaganzas. Look at the beer bottle chapel built by artist Martin Sanchez…right in the middle of his taco restaurant (Martin’s Tio’s Tacos) in Riverside, California!
Martin Sanchez's Beer Bottle Chapel Dome
The beer bottles allow light into the chapel. Hallelujah!
Click here to see a full article about Mr. Sanchez and his chapel/taco restaurant, including the remarkable Jesus and bald eagle mosaic dome above.
http://unusuallife.com/riverside-folk-art-installation/
Interior of Martin Sanchez's Beer Bottle Chapel
Now don’t even get me started on the glories of flamingo art…
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Do you feel comfortable letting your freak flag fly, or do you worry about what the neighbors will think?
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Mysterious Artemis 
Great Post……. 🙂
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it! I had fun researching it. 😉