#folkartenvironment

[bestroadtrip]

The Shrine. #backonthebackroads #artistbuiltenvironment #folkartenvironment (at Iowa)

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Harris Grotto (section) #iowa #backonthebackroads #headinghome #folkartenvironment #dobbersteininspired (at Harris, Iowa)

[bestroadtrip]

Grotto of the Redemption. #mecca #folkartenvironment #grotto #roadtrip #backonthebackroads #iowa (at Shrine of the Grotto of the Redemption)

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Father Dobberstein's Grotto of the Resurrection. #backonthebackroads #folkartenvironment #grotto #iowa #cemeteries (at Wesley, Iowa)

[ttexed]

1) "African-American Yard Art Whirligig "Does Nothing" as they say. I see it doing (and representing) plenty.  An enormous African American Yard show construction. Whirligig sculpture by Irving Keene, December 1959. Likely Baltimore area Original photograph by Robert H. Burgess Press Photo." [Collection of Jim Linderman] Dull Tool Dim Bulb

2) via Ed Engel; "Keene lived on Taylors Island on the eastern shore of Maryland, by the Chesapeake Bay. Burgess was the author of a number of books on the Bay."

[bestroadtrip]

The breathtaking Watts Towers by Simon Rodia. (swipe) #underrestoration #visionaryenvironment #greatmaster #folkartenvironment (at Watts Towers of Simon Rodia State Historic Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvminM5HDxP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mi0lt50ghblr

[bestroadtrip]

Open #backonthebackroads #vernaculartypography #folkartenvironment (at Lessman Farm & Truckhenge)

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Holy Family Grotto. Father Paul Dobberstein. (scroll for more) #theroadlesstraveled2017 #backonthebackroads #folkartenvironment #artistbuiltenvironment #grotto (at Sisters of St. Francis of Dubuque, Iowa)