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This can only be a "Diane" pic ! :)))

Why, of course!

Great pic Diane,eddie,

Thank you, Eddie!

A new Ancient of Days.

Haha! Excellent, Steve. Thank you.

I dislike it when people can't be bothered to change their open / shut signs!
However it all looks a bit sad and very run down. Has it opened at all these past few years? All the art being lined up outside makes it look as if perhaps someone might have been expected to collect it after the gallery was forced out of business but the artist couldn't afford to rent a van to pick it up. Pure fantasy on my part but it does give a very depressing impression.
Do you know anything about the history of the gallery or the artist, Diane?
Excellent shot and interesting series anyway!

The shipping containers had clean, fresh paint, no signs of salt air wear and tear, so someone must be there some of the time. My overall impression was of someone with a chaotic way of expressing...whatever she is expressing. Nothing looked like it was made with a basic knowledge of art or the process of craftsmanship. I spent about 40 minutes there, alone, and finished with mixed feelings: amusement, distaste, sympathy and finally, respect for the attempts at expression.

No, I know nothing about it. In Google Earth the containers make their first appearance in 2005. The woodworking shop next door appears in 2003, but was probably there much earlier. (Imagery has a big gap from 1989 and 2003.) I remember driving by it several times over the years, but don't recall seeing the art gallery. The name Val, last name illegible in my shot, appears on the mailbox. LATER - Look what I found, and Val is a he: www.roadsideamerica.com/story/50937

Thanks Diane.
Pleased all our questions enticed you to delve deeper. Fascinating stuff! I wonder if the influence, accidental I'm sure, of some rather wacky substances over the years had any influence here? Just a hunch ... probably wrong!

I would say it's as likely as alien abduction!

E.T great grandfather ?

Very possible, Leopold!

Weird .....enough to keep some people away. They must have sense of humour. I would spend hours there, with one eye looking over my shoulder !!! Lol

Turns out this is all the work of an immigrant from Ukraine who reported his abduction by aliens. His artwork is an expression of that traumatic experience. ;-o

Well, it takes all kinds to make a world!

So how does an immigrant from the Ukraine, who has been abducted by aliens, end up in Crescent City? Maybe he was returned to earth on a tsunami!

Well, he arrived long after the tsunami, so my guess is that they simply dropped him from above. I'm picturing a parachute-like contraption, but maybe aliens have more sophisticated means...
If you see him, would you please ask? Thanks.

A very intriguing find indeed.

Strange and irresistible! Thank you tiabunna.

Somehow I missed these entirely when driving through there, wish I'd known!

You were probably looking at the coastline right across from it! Well, next time, Don. ;-)

I love the anarchy of this, Diane.
All the best for 2018...best greetings from Oz.

It's wacky! Haha - thank you, Diana, and the same to you!

You have an eye for the unusual (and downright weird) Diane...........and this little collection is no exception. Interesting (and odd) information in the link you thoughtfully provided.

Maybe being abducted by aliens and dropped back on earth would explain a certain D. Trump, or at least his hairstyle?

a funny find!

Ha! Thank you, Gabi!

If this is a sculpture of the artist, he needs urgendly a little support! Or at least an opulent meal.

He's going to fall forward! I don't think the center of gravity was calculated correctly. ;-o

Wow what a place!!! You certainly do find the weird and wonderful. Britain is so boring in comparison!!!