Last time we wrote an Art Town blog, we went to The Orchards for some neat, interactive weather vane-type sculptures. Well, we’re right back at The Orchards again today for this piece: Skinny Grove by Cork Marcheschi.
The sculpture is mesmerizing, especially at night. It was created in 2016 out of aluminum and LED lights. It pays homage to a 500-acre fruit and nut orchard that used to stand at that exact corner of Walnut Creek for almost 100 years!
Marcheschi, the San Francisco-based artist says he only changes one thing when he works: the gradual shift in intensity of light. It’s pretty cool to see the differences between each individual sculpture up close, and especially so once the sun goes down and the lights come on. Marcheschi has works across the country, as well as in Europe and Asia.
