by Frank Costantino | Mar 10, 2018 | Boston, Holidays, Landscapes, New England
Eliot Bridge at Herter Park After an enormous blanketing storm, this evocative winter vista of a cross-country skier perfectly captures another way the Charles River embankment provides connections to nature for the many residents of Boston, Cambridge and adjacent...
by Frank Costantino | Mar 10, 2018 | Architecture, Boston, Sculpture
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts iconic sculpture, with its remarkable gesture of humility and worship, is a wonderfully proportioned Indian and Horse by sculptor Cyrus Dallin. It speaks to this country’s Native Americans, their heritage and cultural connection between...
by Frank Costantino | Mar 10, 2018 | Boston, Sculpture
Boston, MA The upper half of the Lee Ether monument in Boston’s Public Gardens, the painting was begun on a late afternoon, but completed as the sun had set, which suddenly activated the floodlights at the fountain base; necessitating a change of technique for...
by Frank Costantino | Mar 10, 2018 | Architecture, Boston, Sculpture
The sculpted base of the Lee Ether monument in Boston’s Public Garden, this granite segment of lion gargoyles back- splashed by the small fountains recalls the finest in civic monuments. A careful palette of low value and granulated colors was used for the...
by Frank Costantino | Mar 9, 2018 | Boston, Sculpture
This unusual installation is an audio, visual and sensory experience along the Rose Kennedy pedestrian greensward through downtown Boston. The sculptor used salvaged granite blocks from the waterfront’s piers, buoy markers, stainless steel and naval bronzes for...
by Frank Costantino | Mar 8, 2018 | Boston, Seascapes, Winthrop
Winthrop, MA A spectacular vista from an elevated location, the broad panoramic sweep over this protected marshland was enveloped in this dramatic sunset view – with the sky’s soft yellow, orange and pink glow. The wild vegetation at marsh’s edge showed...