Second Annual Art on the Trail

I first wrote about Art on the Trail here

This year, I was out of town when the publicity about the event started.  Someone called Julia with the news that her art was in the Wisconsin State Journal.

I think Julia would readily admit that her art wasn’t the star of last year’s show.  She was one of the artists who installed pop-up art without being asked. 

Because Julia’s piece was made of natural materials and biodegradable, she was allowed to keep it up all year.  Amazingly, it was still recognizable after a hard winter, so the newspaper used Julia’s piece for this year’s pre-event publicity.
When I returned from my trip south, I hiked each of the local Ice Age segments and took some photos.  There is a lot more art this year.  Here are some examples:

Here is Julia’s piece for this year. She didn’t have much time to put it together, but I still enjoy it.

I’m not a purist like the commentator in the “trash” piece in one of the photos above, but I think that there is a lot of art to be found in nature “as is.”