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Gothic, Key West Style

Posted by Viewfinder (Bradenton, FL, United States) on 1 May 2008 in Art & Design and Portfolio.

Know the famous '30s painting by Weston, "American Gothic?" Here in Key West, towering some 30 feet tall outside the museum, the stern couple stands as if they had just jumped off the canvas.

Updating: I did a bit more research and found this sculpture is not 30' tall, but is 25' tall according to my source: http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photoset.gne?set=72157603783821255&nsid=79378456@N00&lang=en-us (sorry, you can cut and paste this url if you like; my computer would not let me select text on here to link direct to the url).

Talk about a weird place for these two to wind up? But behind their severe expressions, beats the hearts of true party animals...

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Comments (17)

Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada

30 feet? That must be quite the sight.

1 May 2008 5:29am

Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica

Cool shot VF! They are pretty huge replicas of the painting.

1 May 2008 6:03am

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia

Wonderful classic image. Giants among men.

1 May 2008 6:48am

Margie from Auckland, New Zealand

Great shot of the absurd.
Love the party animal reference!

1 May 2008 8:38am

Betty from New Jersey, United States

Thirty feet tall, I can't imagine! Great shot!

1 May 2008 11:13am

Craig from Vacaville, California, United States

LOL! Party Animals!!!

1 May 2008 11:29am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

Gosh that's fantastic, beautifully taken, oh yeah def. Party Animals ;)

1 May 2008 12:07pm

Cheryl from Boerne, United States

this one made me laugh!! I can't imagine seeing this in Key West :-)

1 May 2008 12:31pm

@Cheryl: Ha-ha! Me too. Definitely not your typical Key West-ers.

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Good grief! 30ft tall, that's amazing. I think I would have to decline, (very politely) an invitation to their party though. :)
A brilliant shot VF.

1 May 2008 2:21pm

@MaryB: Ha-ha - they give BIG parties.
Well actually I discovered in googling it today that the statue is only 25 ft. tall, but it stands on a five foot concrete base, so... add that and I wasn't too far off in estimating, from my vantage point.

amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

Wow!! That really is so surreal... they do look like they just jumped off the canvas. Amazing. Hey VF, I'm back! Loving your Key West series... the cockatoo was a very cool pic!!

1 May 2008 2:34pm

@amy: Thanks amy, am glad you're back, and toting that big fancy new camera, too. Wow, I am truly impressed and glad for you. I hope you enjoy learning all there is to know about it.

Judy from Brooksville-Florida,, United States

I just wonder what they would think if they knew what 'real life' in Key West is today!
Great shot!

1 May 2008 9:48pm

Ian Bramham from Manchester, United Kingdom

:-)
You break me up sometimes...brilliant!

I love the colours and lighting on this one!

1 May 2008 10:26pm

@Ian Bramham: Ha-ha! Thanks Ian. I like to have fun with my photos.

Jen from Alpharetta, United States

Great shot!!!

2 May 2008 1:50am

@Jen: Thanks Jen, and yes my captions and everybody else's are back. Hiccups, you got it right there.

Dylan from Delhi, United States

Nice shot with some good commentary :]

2 May 2008 1:51am

Scotfot from Kabul, Afghanistan

There are some great things in the world - this is excellent!

6 May 2008 5:09pm

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

Party animals?? I never would have guessed. :-) Great exposure here with the sunlight and shadows cast.

30 Sep 2009 9:26pm

Barbara from Florida, United States

Following the link from Steven's blog I was quite surprised to see these two down in Key West and best of all described as being among party animals.
This and your other image of the couple made for a fun shot.

1 Oct 2009 5:31pm

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