Saturday, July 3, 2010

From Doctoring to Dutch Cowboys

Personalized Properties, pg 126
Players: Erin & Mallery



Dewey Blocksma, a former emergency room doctor, has created unique artwork from random materials including wooden shoes, bike wheels and Jell-O cups. According to the “Weird Michigan” book, his yard in Benzie County is full of multimedia sculptures, but we found that his house sits up a hill, back off the road making all the artwork nearly impossible to view. Near the end of the driveway we did find some of his work which you can see in the picture. Blocksma’s work is also featured in the Tamarack Gallery in Omena and one of his sculptures called River Guardian, stands on the riverbank in Traverse City.

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