Storm King is  internationally acclaimed as one of the world’s  leading sculpture parks. It has welcomed visitors from all corners of the world for 50 years. The location is easily accessible , one hour north of New York City and nestled in 500 acres of the lower Hudson River Valley. The well designed, manicured landscape of hills, forests, valleys, and fields become the perfect English landscape garden for the elegantly sited 100 works of sculpture.

My architect invited our grandchildren and me to join him last week at Storm King. He was visiting with the design faculty team of second year to determine the site for a project in the fall.  The park has a tram which has easy accessibility for on or off walking and seeing the pieces closeup.  There are also bikes for rent and a cafe in the woods under a tent.  There is a lovely book store  and reasonable entry fees. This is a  fun easy way to introduce energetic children to the wonder of art!

The proud, majestic ancient Ionic columns of Rome stand  high on the hill, holding court over the contemporary sculpture of the present time.

This piece connects heaven and earth.

This vista lines three pieces with one lone tree.

A cheerful cherry piece. . . . . .

How is that done?

Giant stationary balls. . . . .

Standing on your head?

This sturdy stone wall produced by craftsmen from Britain who  found and pieced the rocks together with no adhesive …..just rock puzzles that curve, and go on and on even vanish  into  the water to reappear on the other shore.

You can tell I like the row fence.

Richard Serra is a favorite with his amazing steel walls. Here the wall  is emerging from the hill and we are emerging from the wall.  Serra has curved steel walls at Dia Beacon Museum that the children marveled at how they could stay upright.  When we were last in Rome, we had an enchanting evening in Trajan’s Market with twilight  and candles strolling through pieces of Serra’s work.  It is one of the always to be remembered experiences.

Ta Da. .  . . Alice is the “queen on the mountain” on my favorite sculpture. It was created by Maya Lin and is a . . . . . .

a land sculpture! Ms. Ling is best known for powerful, minimal Viet Nam War Memorial in Washington , DC. That was a black marble wall slowing “moving ” into the ground with the names of the dead chiseled into the stone.  I think that this  land sculpture is  perfect for the site, interactive as we all felt the need to climb at least one hill, and elegant in its simplicity.  We did think the mowing might be a challenge! The energetic children slept well on the ride home, visions of sculpture dancing in their heads!