Photo of the Week: Pointe Mouillee State Game Area Headquarters Birds Wood Sculpture

A honey-brown tree stump has been transformed into a beautiful wood sculpture of owl babies snuggled together topped off with a bald eagle. In the background you can see the two story state game area headquarters along with signs about the state game area.

We’ve not sure when this wood sculpture was completed, but I believe it was sometime in the past year.

We remember the large shade tree in front of the Pointe Mouillee State Game Area headquarters in southern Wayne County, Michigan that preceded this beautiful wood birds sculpture.

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Photo of the Week: The Joyful Dancer

A graceful silver-colored sculpture of a dancer standing on one leg with their arms gracefully stretched overhead in front of the red-brick building and glass doors of the theater.

As theater goers hurry on their way to get to their seat at Canton Township’s Village Theater at Cherry Hill, they might overlook the graceful metal sculpture just west of the outdoor entrance.

Donated in 2007 by the R. Gene and Nancy D Richter Foundation, The Joyful Dancer is a welded stainless steel work by Ohio-based sculptor Jim (also known as James) Havens.

For folks in Canton Township, Havens’ work may look familiar.

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Photo of the Week: Helios Sculpture

Bright red circular see-through metallic outdoor sculpture depicts the sun with triangular rays streaming from it.

Created by Toledo, Ohio sculptor Pamela Reithmeier, Helios is one of 11 sculptures in the 17th Annual Sculpture Exhibit on Ford Road in Canton, Michigan. The bright red circular sculpture installed on the grass near the Target parking lot is named for Helios, the Titan god of the sun. I was disappointed there wasn’t much… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Helios Sculpture