A Celebration of Fearrington's Donkeys

 Years ago, Mary Alice came to Fearrington to protect our young Belted Galloway cattle from predators. She had a spunky boy named Jasper in 2007. Later on she had a lovely girl, Charlotte/

MaryAlice and Jasper
Acrylic painting

 

Fearrington artist Forrest Greenslade celebrated Jasper's arrival with an acrylic painting and of Charlotte with a watercolor. 

Mary Alice and Charlotte
Watercolor painting

 

Forrest created a clay makette of Jasper and his mom as the model for a steel and concrete sculpture.

Polymer clay model

The sculpture of Jasper and Mary Alice lived in the Forrest Dweller Sculpture Garden at the Greenslade home in Fearrington's "Historic District" for several years. 

Steel and concrete sculpture

The Greenslade garden intersects with Fearrington's Creekwood trail, At the end of the trail is a lovely pond. Jason Welsch, who is one of the "lightbrigatde" of volunteers who maintain our trails, asked Forrest for a sculpture to adorn a bench that had been donated to sit by the pond. With some modifications, Jason and Forrest installed  Jasper and Mary Alice on the bench.

Jason installing sculpture

Forrest, Jasper and Mary Alice

Take a walk on the lovely Creekwood Trail and enjoy the tranquility of the "Beaver Pond" with Jasper and Mary Alice.

Photo by Jim Fink