Thomas Maloney Online

I was in Minnesota just in time for the Ely Winter Festival, combining the Ely ArtWalk, where local artists display their work in space provided by the windows of Ely’s downtown merchants, and also the really awesome snow sculptures carved from square blocks of snow in the town park. Each block is created by filling and packing snow into a square wood fence. I got to see the snow scultping as it happened and the final pieces were fantastic. Unfortunately I didn’t take any pictures of this year’s sculptures but you can find pictures from last year’s festival on the Ely Winter Festival website directly in the Gallery section.

Along the ArtWalk, I stopped by the gallery of Jim Brandenburg, a well-known National Geographic photographer, and I was impressed by his photographs of the outdoors. Check out his web site to peruse some great shots. Link.