Who's Afraid of Virginia's Wolves for Dragonmuse by tennesseecowgirl
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Sandy you asked me in your comment to my photo of Whites Mill if I was going to show a photo of the Wolves, so this one is for you.
This is one of the statues that I had mentioned in a previous post they are a group of 27 statues placed around the town of Abingdon, Virginia. The colorful statues were each painted by a local artist and had decorated the town until October, when they were auctioned off to benefit Advance Abingdon, the town's Main Street organization.
Sporting flags, eagles, butterflies, tuxedos and even polka dots, each statue had a theme and a name, from Hollywolf Incognito to Earth, Wind and Flowers.
The wolf sponsors paid $300 to $500, depending on the size of the statue, and artists put hours of work into each one. Wolves were chosen for the project because the Abingdon area was once called Wolf Hills.
According to local lore, legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone camped at the base of what is now Courthouse Hill while traveling through the area in 1760 during the night Boone's dogs came under attack by the wolves emerging from a cave at the hills crest prompting Boone to give Abingdon its first name - Wolf Hills.
If you would like to see the other wolves in the collection click the link below.
By the way I was using my laptop to edit this photo in Photoshop I normally use my desktop and the screen is a bit smaller on this so I hope it looks okay. Thanks again everyone, and have a good night. Off to watch American Idol lol.... nite nite.
Who's Afraid of Virginia's Wolves
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Comments (64)
dragonmuse
What interesting painting on him. Thank you for sharing this :)
shadownet
Lovely capture!
jocko500
wonderful taken. good idea the town have too. lafaytte,La have the state bird and they did the same thing.
ocoee53
That's a cool wolf! They did the same thing with horse statues in Lexington, KY a few years ago. It was so successful other cities tried it. Here in Somerset, KY it was tail-walking, six foot tall smallmouth bass! There are a few at the visitor center which didn't get auctioned off, I'll get a couple of pics.
brycek
Wonderful capture and facts!!
annie5
I like the painting on the wolf! It's a beautiful statue/Original :)
Faemike55
Wonderful statue and photo!
Blush
Great capture Will go to the other site and browse when I feel better Saw Dr today my Potassium was way to low and I take 2 tabs by mouth 3x a day just don't understand that.....it was like 3.2 and my cholestrol was way hi Told me not to eat as many lunch meats........but can't give up my bologna.. I can eat fruit....love any and evey kind of that no problem Had to drive up there in our car with no heater and hubbys windows off track I looked like an Eskimo when I got home LOL Love the horse sis and great dedi as well Did you watch the Bachelor last night.....gets more interesting every Mon I think........I hope he pics the girl with the blonde hair and has the real sweet face Nina or something like that.........all mine get sent home so if he does keep her it will be a miracle Great dedi as well Were suppose to get anywhere from 8-10 of snow Wed and Thurs.I hope it comes one up to you know where LOL been 14 yrs since we had a good snow Love this and the presentation & dedi:) Hugs Your Ky sis Susan~
mbz2662
That's great :)
tennesseecowgirl
Thanks all, I am not thrilled with the colors, I hope it is just the different computer that is making it looked to me a bit washed out.. have a super night! and yes Susan I watched, Jake is quite dramatic. lol and tomorrow is my daughters birthday and she is hoping for snow so she can stay home from school LOL... stay warm up there.
eekdog
fantastic art on that statue lynell, cool shot and thanks for the information and sharing this great photo..
drifterlee
really interesting shot and story!!
magnus073
Great work on this one Lynell and the colors came out great on my computer. Thanks also for the background on it.
npauling
What a great idea and I love this one, he looks really different. Great capture.
clbsmiley
Wow!! that was cool!! Thanks for sharing!
bangonthedrums
cool subject hon - and it looks fine on my screen, but then again i'm on a laptop too lol! ...so when are you going to visit me and chronicle seabrook's painted pelican statues...? :) xo
mgtcs
Wonderful painting my dear friend, excellent and very interesting photo!
tennesseecowgirl
LOL Michael well its going to go down to 13 degrees here this weekend and my house is going to be invaded by teenage girls Friday night so how does this weekend sound... LOL I am sure it is much warmer in Houston this time of year. Do you think the girls will realize I am even gone??? lol Actually, I would love to see them, I love how certain towns have different themes like that, here we have statues of black bears I will have to get out and capture some of them to share.
KataPan
Interesting scene! Wonderful!
1358
wolves are a great idea... in Saskatoon, it was pigs, in Calgary, it was cows... I think Toronto did Moose... but wolves are cooler!
bakapo
this is cool!
danapommet
Love your wolf and the colors looked great on my screen. Thanks for the "wolf link". There were some outstanding titles. I liked "Daniel and the Wolf" because I could see his silhouette in the painting. Interesting that you mentioned him today, since I just read that the Texas school board, wants to take Daniel Boone, out of future school books. Go figure. Great concept and I saw something like this in Toronto maybe 15 years ago. Dana
NoelCan
Very impressive art.. Going to look at the others now..
kbrog
Excellent capture! Never seen a wolf with body-art before. ;)
watapki66
Great shot!
Minda
beautiful shot lynell..
anitalee
Wonderful
Umbetro38
wow this is cool and a excellent capture
capelito
Great painting on this statue. Wonderful shot!
aureagle
hehe! :) This statue reminds me of the story "The Stuffed Trout", hope you remember it! :) V. nice shot indeed! :)