Frozen In Time.....Statues of Edmonton . The Storyteller

So I have decided to do a short series on statues here in Edmonton and the first one is located on the grounds of the old Royal Alberta Museum. It is entitled The Storyteller. Not quite sure why I will leave that up to your imagination

[Diane]

Interesting statue. His hands are very expressive, like a storyteller's might be. But the way he is looking up almost looks like a prayer.

[Candace]

He seems to be set in a nice location and Love the expression he has!

[Jane Anderson]

Certainly enigmatic, as you say--lends itself to a story! Here we have much art built around Native American storytellers, though all cultures have their stories, native or immigrant.

[Kate Goring]

Neat shot, such an interesting statue.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Wonderful statue. a well captured.

[gloria jones]

Great capture of this neat statue

[Disha Parekh]

Cool statue! Great capture of it!

[Nina Ganci]

interesting statue, makes one wonder

[Cathy Wright]

I should think he can tell a few stories!

[KWind]

Wonderful statue. Nice shot.

[Nicole]

very cool stateu!

[Richard]

Very interesting! I like how you captured.

[Natalie]

Interesting statue, great shot.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot.

[Lynne Hart]

Super shot, great looking statue.

[Hubregt Visser]

Nice shot. I like the hazy edges.

[Gayle]

Wonderful capture, Brian! Looking forward to viewing Edmonton's statues! :-)

[Gena Pegg]

Looks as though he is speaking to his people...and may be using his hands. Nice one.

[bruni]

Looking up as if the storyteller is looking for confirmation. great statue.

[Fisher Family]

He could be looking up for inspiration! - nice shot!

Ian

[Jeff in VT, USA]

Thank you for introducing me to Edmonton's Storyteller..

[Babs]

Lovely sculpture, would be interesting to learn its history.

[Paula W]

Great statue.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Nice shot and a great looking statue.

[Tony]

Like the capture and love your title.

[Ann]

Cool shot.

[Ukandie!]

Lovely sculpture!

[ShirleyB]

Lovely statue. I can imagine a crowd sat in front of him listening intently while he tell his story.

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome picture.

[Stephanie Swift]

Great statue, with expressive hands and face.

[bkb in the city]

@eudora Diane I have always thought that this represented someone meditating

[bkb in the city]

@ribbet9 Glad you enjoyed this one Candace

[bkb in the city]

@cejaanderson This is very true Jane and Edmonton has many stories due to the vast number of different nations living here

[bkb in the city]

@kategoring Kate I find it interesting in that there could be several interpretations as to what this represents

[bkb in the city]

@ladymagpie Thanks Heather it really is a very nice statue

[bkb in the city]

@seattlite Thanks Gloria

[bkb in the city]

@dishaparekh176 Thanks Disha

[bkb in the city]

@ninaganci Yes Nina it certainly does

[bkb in the city]

@cathywright Cathy I am sure he could

[bkb in the city]

@kwind Thanks Kim

[bkb in the city]

@nicoleterheide Glad you like it Nicole

[bkb in the city]

@woodlandsphotog Glad you like it Richard

[bkb in the city]

@natalie80 Thanks Natalie

[bkb in the city]

@elisasaeter Thanks Elisabeth

[Pam]

Nice job capturing it.

[bkb in the city]

@lhart Glad you like it Lynne

[bkb in the city]

@hjv Glad you like it Hubregt

[bkb in the city]

@gaylewood Looking forward to sharing a few of them

[bkb in the city]

@eyesmile Thanks Gena

[bkb in the city]

@bruni Glad you like this one Bruni

[bkb in the city]

@fishers Thanks Ian

[bkb in the city]

@jeffinvt You're welcome

[bkb in the city]

@onewing Babs the statue was done by a man by the name of Ollie Holstein, an instructor of Art & Design at Alberta College. It was a gift from the German-Canadian Association to the people of Alberta
It was to honour pioneers of German descent many of whom would have been fabulous storytellers

[bkb in the city]

@paulaw Glad you like it Paula

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Thanks Marilyn glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@tonydebont Glad you enjoyed this one Tony

[bkb in the city]

@demelo Thanks Ann

[bkb in the city]

@ukandie1 Glad you enjoyed this one Andie

[bkb in the city]

@shirleybankfarm Great imagination Shirley

[bkb in the city]

@agedrunner Thanks Richard

[bkb in the city]

@agedrunner @tristansmum Glad you like it Stephanie

[bkb in the city]

@pamdavis2015 Thanks Pam