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Travel Bug Dog Tag Art-Harper-Down Under Down Under TB02

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Owner:
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Released:
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Origin:
Texas, United States
Recently Spotted:
Unknown Location

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Please drop this item in rural or Premium Member Only caches.  Do not drop it in an urban cache or leave it behind at a caching event.  Transport the bug in the original plastic bag for as long as the bag lasts; this prevents the chain and tag tangling with other items.  Otherwise, take this travel bug anywhere you wish.  No permission needed to leave the U.S.

About This Item

DownUnder

This is one of a series of travel bugs made to recognize art seen and admired (and in this case owned) by the bug owner. A digital copy of this work was downloaded from the internet. The copy was reduced in size and proportions cropped to accommodate the laminating materials available to the owner. Regrettably these processes diminish the effort of the artist. One truly must see the original in person to fully appreciate the work. The text below is a mixture of my own observations and material gleaned from the internet

Charles (Charley) Harper (1922—2007) was reared on a West Virginia farm. There he developed an appreciation and love of animals. With his education he learned design. As a consequence he had an alternative way of looking at nature. His serigraphs (silkscreens) are expanses of color which give the viewer a very different perspective on the animal kingdom. Harper revealed the unique behaviors of his wildlife subjects through stylized geometric reduction. His art is instructive but it is often infused humor. And, the title of the works are often puns or use alliteration. Harper did not see feathers, fur, scapulars, or tail coverts on the wildlife, he saw shapes, color combinations, patterns and textures arranged in endless possibilities for making interesting pictures. This print is of a mother koala with her young koala in her pouch. The mother is eating a eucalyptus leaf, while hanging from a limb of the tree. The artist accurately shows that the first two fingers of the front feet are opposable to the other three. This is unlike we primates who have only a single opposable thumb.

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Tracking History (1256.8mi) View Map

Mark Missing 1/5/2014 shellbadger marked it as missing   Visit Log

The owner has set this Trackable as missing.

Dropped Off 3/12/2013 CABBREN250 placed it in Crater of Diamonds ParkCache Arkansas - 291.16 miles  Visit Log

Left this frog in the park.

Retrieve It from a Cache 3/10/2013 CABBREN250 retrieved it from Travel Bug Motel 7 Texas   Visit Log

Will move this guy on.

Discovered It 7/13/2012 ~Knucklehead~ discovered it   Visit Log

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Dropped Off 7/12/2012 Pa Pa and Nana placed it in Travel Bug Motel 7 Texas - 71.95 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/23/2012 Pa Pa and Nana took it to The End Texas - 252.22 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/16/2012 Pa Pa and Nana took it to Don't Drain Your Energy Texas - 10.96 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/10/2012 Pa Pa and Nana took it to Shallowater Series #4: Good Eats Texas - .3 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/10/2012 Pa Pa and Nana took it to Shallowater Series #5: Downtown Texas - 1.35 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/10/2012 Pa Pa and Nana took it to Not a Pear Tree Texas - 4.67 miles  Visit Log
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