Disturbing Sculptures Art Gallery — It’s a Real Place

Disturbing Sculptures Art Gallery (that’s really the name)
1100 Highway 101
Crescent City, California

Well, if you’re gonna name your art gallery “disturbing,” you’d better deliver. And this Northern California roadside attraction earns its name. One minute you’re cruising north on Highway 101, almost to the Oregon state line and promised nirvana, and the next minute you’ve U-turned so fast your dog yelps.

 

According to a Roadside America article, this gallery is the home of 3 artists, two of whom appear to be quite normal (driftwood sculptures and chainsaw sculptures). But the third, who luckily was not on-site the day I visited, has some issues.

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Soapy Hack…

I’m loving this antique toothbrush holder that I upcycled to a soap dish. I was going to hang it on the wall, but the holes are way too small for today’s toothbrushes. So I put felt on the bottom to protect the marble countertop and it’s a soap dish! Bought it at an antiques barn for $6.

Hot day…hot bargains…

Shopping + Inspiration = Vintage Market Days
Through Sunday, 6/12 in Overland Park, Kansas

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Vacancy…

  
Route 66 in Barstow, California 

Passed time…


The wonderful world of assemblage artist Noah Purifoy in the Mojave Desert just outside of Joshua Tree, California.

Noah Purifoy Desert Art Museum

 

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Great…now I want pancakes…

Photo by Stephanie Roberts, http://ObsessiveHobbyist.com

Photo by Stephanie Roberts, http://ObsessiveHobbyist.com

This adorable cafe is still in business in Garberville, California — the heart of redwood country.

 

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It’s always good to know what road you’re not on…

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#NotLost

I love smartass signs…

  

MORE West Bottoms!

West Bottoms Antique District
Kansas City, Missouri

I came away junk-drunk from my first First Friday in the West Bottoms, and Day Two was equally intoxicating. The vendors there are creative, clever, and passionate. It’s a big party where you get to buy really cool old stuff. If you like architecture, history, antiques, or food trucks…you’ll like the West Bottoms — it’s just plain fun! My Day Two finds…

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Perpetually waiting…

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I love this sad little guy! I’m not sure he knows what he’s waiting for, but he seems to still have hope. And his hair is stylin’!

When art inspires stories, that’s when you take it home. There’s nothing more inspiring to me than original folkart. I found this wonderful assemblage art piece by former Hallmark artist Chari Peak Roberts at Prize Antiques in the Bottoms Up Antique Market. West Bottoms in Kansas City, Missouri. That’s a working seed spreader on his belly!

Now that he lives in my home, I’ve renamed him Lefty McBrush-Head.

 

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