{"id":667,"date":"2015-03-23T01:10:27","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T01:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/?p=667"},"modified":"2015-03-23T01:11:43","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T01:11:43","slug":"ananda-has-a-new-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/667\/ananda-has-a-new-home","title":{"rendered":"Ananda has a new home!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Ananda<\/a>

Ananda installed in garden<\/p><\/div>\n

Ananda<\/strong><\/em>, which means bliss in Sanskrit, was temporarily installed outside Cole Gallery in Edmonds in November, 2014. \u00a0 Then, in January, a resident of Edmonds\u00a0was passing the gallery and spotted the sculpture, which at 6 feet high, is hard to miss. \u00a0He was in the process of having his garden landscaped and felt that\u00a0\u00a0Ananda<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>would make a great centerpiece in his backyard landscape. \u00a0The art collector\u00a0purchased the sculpture on layaway, making his final payment in late February. \u00a0It was a sunny day when I installed Ananda<\/strong><\/em> in his garden, which was still dormant and newly planted. \u00a0The art collector asked that the sculpture be positioned so that the morning sun strikes the figure’s face. \u00a0Once the installation was complete, we both agreed that Ananda<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0will indeed be a focus of his garden, especially as the shrubs and plantings mature and fill in and provide more of a backdrop.<\/p>\n

Later, I was told by a staff member of the gallery that another collector came in and expressed dismay that the sculpture had been sold. \u00a0She was assured that edition 2 is currently in the process of being cast at the foundry and will be available in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ananda, which means bliss in Sanskrit, was temporarily installed outside Cole Gallery in Edmonds in November, 2014. \u00a0 Then, in January, a resident of Edmonds\u00a0was passing the gallery and spotted the sculpture, which at 6 feet high, is hard to miss. \u00a0He was in the process of having his garden landscaped and felt that\u00a0\u00a0Ananda\u00a0would make […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n