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LANDSCAPE ART
By Kelli Kyle ENCINITAS — Have you ever walked a quiet coastal street and gazed in awe at a front yard adorned with sculptures and plants that just seem to go together? Or maybe you’ve admired the mosaic work at Fletcher Cove in Solana Beach, or the light sculpture right up the road near the fire station. This is landscape art in action. You’ll most likely see it in public cities, hospitals and corporate campuses, but private citizens also commission artists to get in on the scene. WHAT IS LANDSCAPE ART? This takes on several forms, but the best way to understand landscape art is to see it in action. Jeffery Laudenslager’s front yard in Leucadia is a prime example. Five unique metal sculptures shine in the sun and twirl with the wind, adding even more character to the beautiful modern-contemporary home that rests behind them. “Most people don’t see it as being landscape sculpture or landscape art, but art that’s in a landscape,” Laudenslager, the creator of the sculptures, said. Of course, these dancing metal sculptures didn’t come with Laudenslager’s landscape. It was an intentional design process that integrated his work with the look of his home. This is every artist’s challenge — to make the unnatural seem natural, as though the piece was there the entire time. “Art is another way on focusing attention and bringing something to kind of a conclusion,” Laudenslager said. “What kind
ARTIST Jeffery Laudenslager displays several of his kinetic metal sculptures in the front yard of his Leucadia home. Photo by Kelli Kyle
scape architect handles logistics. They are a state-certified professional, and on a project, they handle grating, drainage, cement, etc. Megan Allison, professor of Landscape LANDSCAPE ARTIST VS. Architecture at MiraCosta College, says this LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT distinction exists for the public’s safety and Most landscape art projects involve a landscape architect. A landscape artist designs well-being. “Landscape architects design things that, the sculpture or artwork, while the landof landscape you have and how you want to incorporate art into it is very different.”
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