The Artwalk begins Saturday morning, December 5th and continue until January 1st.
Sign locations are listed first, if you simply need to get your bearings during the walk. The list is then repeated, with image credits and “answers” to the questions.
Sign 1
Location: near Peñasquitos Creek Park and canyon trail head
Sign 2
Location: 12100-12150 Salix Way
Sign 3
Location: 12100-12150 Dormouse Rd
Sign 4
Location: Park Village Rd, 7400 block, odd #
Sign 5
Location: Celata Ln, 7350-7400, even #
Sign 6
Location: 7300-7350 Juncus Ct
Sign 7
Location: Park Village Rd, 7300 block, odd #
Sign 8
Location: Dormouse Rd, 12200 block
Sign 9
Location: 7600-7650 Pipit Pl
Sign 10
Location: Pipit Way, 12200 block
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Sign 1
Location: near Peñasquitos Creek Park and canyon trail head
Young Hare
Albrecht Dürer, 1502
Sign 2
Location: 12100-12150 Salix Way
The Persistence of Memory
Salvador Dali, 1931
Dali was inspired by melted cheese.
Sign 3
Location: 12100-12150 Dormouse Rd
The Great Wave at Kanagawa Katsushika
Katsushika Hokusai, 1829
The wave is here for a moment, but the mountain is always present.
Sign 4
Location: Park Village Rd, 7400 block, odd #
Migrant Mother
Dorothea Lange, 1936
The woman could be thinking of many things, but she was specifically thinking about how little food she had and how she was going to feed her hungry children.
Sign 5
Location: Celata Ln, 7350-7400, even #
Shakuntala
Raja Ravi Verma, 1870
Shakuntala is trying to sneak a look at the man she loves by pretending to pluck a thorn from her heel.
Sign 6
Location: 7300-7350 Juncus Ct
Separation
Edvard Munch, 1896
There is no right answer to this one. There are many opinions that find symbolism in different images in the painting. My simplistic take is that the man is broken-hearted after his wife left him.
Sign 7
Location: Park Village Rd, 7300 block, odd #
Christina’s World
Andrew Wyeth, 1948
As a child, Christina developed a degenerative muscle condition that left her unable to walk. As an adult, she refused to use a wheelchair, preferring to crawl, using her arms to drag her lower body along. The painting depicts an ordinary day in her extraordinary life.
Sign 8
Location: Dormouse Rd, 12200 block
Impression, Sunrise
Claude Monet, 1872
The art movement Monet helped launch is called Impressionism.
Sign 9
Location: 7600-7650 Pipit Pl
Easter Island Moai
Rapa Nui people, 1250-1500
The tallest completed Moai, named Paro, is 33 feet tall.
Sign 10
Location: Pipit Way, 12200 block
The Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh, 1889