Coot
animal, bird, coot
A coot running, preparing to take flight. The sculpture is painted black and is mounted on a two-tiered base and supported by steel bars. -- Smithsonian National Inventory
Allen Bakke, Lyle Alvstad, Steve Moran
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1992
Steel with galvanized mesh and colored concrete
outdoor sculpture
Ashby
Booming Prairie Chicken
animal, bird, chicken
A male prairie chicken with its head bent in a mating dance. -- Smithsonian National Inventory
Art Fosse
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1976
Concrete, paint, metal
outdoor sculpture
Rothsay
Makin Hay While the Sun Shines
painting, hay, farming, agriculture, landscape, plains, wagon, men
Farmers load and maneuver bales of hay for transport. Rollag Steam Threshers Reunion was the artist's inspiration.
Barbara Benda Nagle
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watercolor, 11 x 15 inches
painting
Mourning Dove Studio, Moorhead, MN
Break Away
painting, horse, race, landscape, jockey, animal
A green-shirted jockey races on a wily, rearing horse.
Barbara Benda Nagle
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watercolor on YUPO paper, 12 x 18 inches
painting
Mourning Dove Studio, Moorhead, MN
Walkin the Walk
painting, animal, bird, rooster, strut, portrait
A beautifully-colored and simply-rendered rooster struts.
Barbara Benda Nagle
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watercolor on YUPO paper, 20 x 26 inches
painting
Mourning Dove Studio, Moorhead, MN
Black Hills Gold
painting, animal, bird, raven, crow, landscape, rock
Birds stand atop a rocky landscape.
Barbara Benda Nagle
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acrylic on 100% crescent rag-board, 20 x 30 inches
painting
Mourning Dove Studio, Moorhead, MN
Leap of Faith
painting, abstract, man, portrait, bird, color
A man stands at the precipice of an abstracted and multi-colored tree-landform.
Barbara Benda Nagle
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acrylic on 100% crescent rag-board, 30 x 22 inches
painting
Mourning Dove Studio, Moorhead, MN
A Way Through
painting, landscape, rock, cave, cavern, canyon, pathway, light
From a crevasse, we look toward a carved door-opening at the end of the the cavern.
Barbara Benda Nagle
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watercolor and gouache, 19 x 10 inches
painting
Mourning Dove Studio, Moorhead, MN
Eye of the Needle
painting, landform, landscape, rock, sky, light, nature
A landform bears an opening completely enclosed on all sides, a natural wonder. The purple light of the sky behind filters through.
Barbara Benda Nagle
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watercolor and gouache, 30 x 22 inches
painting
Mourning Dove Studio, Moorhead, MN
A Rock and a Hard-Place
painting, landform, landscape, rock, sky, light, man, portrait, metaphor
A pile of rocks is held up between the two sprawling sides of a cavern. A man stands below the suspended rocks.
Barbara Benda Nagle
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watercolor and gouache, 20 x 14 inches
painting
Mourning Dove Studio, Moorhead, MN