ABANDONED ART, YOU SAY?

I enjoy abandoning art.

I'm not the only one. There are probably millions of people around the world who do the same. I'm just the only me that does it.

In my own little way of being the kind of person I want to be, and in my own effort to bring light, and joy, and maybe a smile to those who may really need something like that, I abandon art in a variety of places, throughout the year. Sometimes, they're painted rocks or tiles, and lately, most often, they're small, usually abstract, paintings. Sometimes I abandon them in supermarkets or cafe's, I might leave something outside a pet food store or in a local park, and I've definitely left paintings in the self help "Depression" area of the local library.

People go about their lives in many ways. Everybody... whether they're white collar business folks, single moms, students, blue collar.... everyone has their own problems, stresses, worries, and hardships, and you never know who can really use to see some color and joy at any particular point in time. It's important to care about people, even if you don't know them.

I've been giving away art for years. But I never really kept track of what I abandoned until 2021. 

#TheAbandonedArtProject
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2023

#3 - 02/17/2023 - Amity, CT
Inside The Vestibule At The Westville Diner

#2 - 02/02/2023 - Woodbridge, CT
The Entrance To Woodbridge True Value

#1 - 01/09/2023 - Woodbridge, CT 
In The Parking Lot Of An Office Complex

2022

#9 - 12/31/2022 - Westville, New Haven, CT
At the door of the Westville Diner on Amity Road

#8 - 12/30/2022 - Bradley Road, Woodbridge, CT
In a bush outside of my office

#7 - 12/01/2022 - Orange, CT
In The Parking Lot of Ultimate Image (Hair Salon)

#6 - 11/15/2022 - New Haven, CT.
In a Street Planter on Whalley Ave in Westville

#5 - 09/10/2022 - Massachusetts
A Sushi Restaurant Parking Lot

#4 - 07/09/2022 - Hamden, CT
Hamden Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center

#3 - 05/18/2022 - New Haven, CT
Kohari Road - Tree Stump

#2 - 04/22/2022 - North Haven, CT
Cemetary

#1 - 03/25/2022 - Amity, CT
Stop & Shop Plaza

2021

#1 - 03/15/2021 - Westville, New Haven, CT
​In A Little Library

#2 - 03/18/2021 - Amity, New Haven, CT
​Outside Stop & Shop

#3 - 04/18/2021 - Westville, New Haven, CT
​In The Westville Courtyard

#4 - 06/25/2021 - New Haven, CT
Outside The Red Cross Chapter House During Blood Drive

#5 - 07/16/2021 - Amity, New Haven, CT
On A Bench Outside The Willows Nursing Home

#6 - 07/29/2021 - Westville, New Haven, CT
Pistachio Cafe - On One Of The Tables Outside

#7 - 08/09/2021 - Westville, New Haven, CT
Inside One Of Those Planters Along The Street

#8 - 08/15/2021 - Westville, New Haven, CT
In Front Of The Sandwich Board Sign At "Gather At Bloom"

#9 - 08/17/2021 - Westville, New Haven, CT
The Big Stone Bench - Corner Of  Whalley Ave. & Phillip St.

#10 - 08/24/2021 - Somewhere in Arizona
On A Picnic Table In A Very Hot Park

#11 - 08/25/2021 - Somewhere In Arizona
In A Beautiful Memorial Park. A Perfect Place For This.

#12 - 08/27/2021 - Gilbert, Arizona
On Bed As I Left The Holiday Inn Express

#13 - 11/03/2021 - Westville, New Haven, CT
Depression, Death & Health Section of Mitchell Library

#14 - 11/27/2021 - Amity, New Haven, CT
Inside the Vestibule of the Epik Diner on Whalley Ave

#15 - 11/30/2021 - Woodbury, CT
Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department Parking Lot

#16 - 12/04/2021 - New Haven, CT
Bus Stop Stone Bench on Corner of Central and Edgewood

#17 - 12/10/2021 - Wallingford, CT
Inside the Vestibule of Masonicare Health Care

#18 - 12/14/2021 - Westville, New Haven, CT
On Bench In Front Of Vintanthro Modern Vintage Clothing

#19 - 12/22/2021 - Amity, CT
In Front of Chocolate Spa & Nails In The Goodwill Plaza

#20 - 12/24/2021 - Westville, New Haven, CT
Inside a Little Library