a walk in the park

That is a major understatement! My beautiful housemate and dear friend Patricia and I spent our Saturday afternoon spent walking through the sculpture gardens of the Kröller-Müller Museum was no ordinary walk through a park...

The Kröller-Müller Museum is famous for its large sculpture garden annex park forest, with its more than 75 acres one of the largest in Europe, with a fine collection of modern and contemporary sculptures. The garden also reflects Helene Kröller-Müller's conception of a symbiosis between art, architecture and nature.(Yet again, thank you Wikipedia!)

The Kröller-Müller Museum is in the middle of the National Park de Hoge Veluwe, the largest nature reserve in the Netherlands. Anyone living in Holland has no excuse not to visit this beautiful area! It was so magical riding the free witte fietsen through the forest. Steam was rising from the dew and leaf covered grounds, as the sun poured through the coloring trees. "It feels like we're in Narnia!" I exclaimed in delight as we would stop on the side of the bike trail to ooh and aah at the view!...

As we walked through the sculpture gardens we were inspired to form our own sculptures...

...As well as imitate the ones around us!!!

This "Floating Sculpture" was one of my favorites.

This Van Gogh piece used to be one of my favorites when I was first exposed to the world of fine art. It's always nice seeing a painting in its true form. I love looking at the paint strokes and the places where the paint is thicker to give the piece more of a life-like 3-D feel. Rather than the 2-D poster printed form our eyes are used to observing.


It was a beautiful day. I am in agreement with Helene Kröller-Müller's concept of combining art with nature and architecture. It is so inspiring and refreshing!