I have been through Old Town PDX more times than I can count and I've casually strolled by this monument's monument enough to recognize it, and know that it represents an elusive mythical elf-like creature that shoots arrows at unsuspecting passers by.
Archer Sculpture
2009. Part of
10 piece public art installation titled The Legend of the Green Man of
Portland. Located between NW Couch and Davis on 6th Ave. in Portland,
Oregon.
What I did not know is….” Green Man of Portland is
the basis of a permanent public art installation as part of Portland’s Old Town
light rail extension. There are two sculptures and eight “historic” markers
that occupy 10 blocks of Old Town/Chinatown.”
The creator...Daniel Duford ...Tells the legend of small green archers, a
celestial stag, a phantom building, and a huge tree
that have been spotted in Old Town from
time-to-time. The legends have been documented through Duford”s Art which
include wall paintings, acrylics, monuments, comics and more.
My goals
before the next posts are 1) Locate all 10 monuments of the Green Man, mount the celestial stag, brunch with an archer under the huge tree and crash for a night in the phantom building. And 2) Find out if Laika(the Russian Astro Dog) still lives and if he stays with
the Green Man. And exactly what Laika(the animation studio) knows of such things.
For it is my humble opinion that these three phenomina and possibly many many
more have more in common than we here in PDX would care to admit. HMMMM.
Daphne
Wall; 2006. Part of installation of first iteration of The Green Man. Charcoal
on the wall, small paintings are acrylic on panel.
For more information see;
ww.pfmreports.com/2012/05/19/the-green-man-of-portland/
“It”s not going to be a six–month situation. We
have to prepare for the duration.” Al
Green
Nice post. Laika the dog has passed (spoiler: not a good end) but may indeed accompany the Green Man. This is fascinating.
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