Wind Turbine Artists Needed
Drive east along Highway 50 toward South Lake Tahoe, California and you’ll spot some unusual looking pine trees among the tall timbers of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. In fact these aren’t trees at all. They’re cellular phone towers adorned with fake bark and branches in order to blend in with the surroundings.
Wind turbines won’t melt into the background as easily as cellular towers. They have too many moving parts and tend to dominate the open prairie. But if they won’t blend in, why not make them stand out? After all, aren’t these things really just giant pinwheels? Paint the towers green and the blades orange and we’re in business.
The massive new turbines popping up in windy regions all around the world look cold and imposing. A few candy stripes and polka dots would give them a more whimsical appearance. Some glitter to reflect the sunshine would be even better.
It takes awhile for the artists to catch up with the industrialists sometimes. Yes, the plain colored wind turbines currently in vogue are perfectly serviceable. We could all drive blacks cars and live in white houses too. Weren’t those the original colors? Gray turbines are an eyesore. Who wants to live in a monochromatic world?
Windmills have been immortalized on canvas by many legendary artists, including Van Gogh, Monet and Rembrandt. The hero of Miguel de Cervantes classic tale, Don Quixote, had a few encounters with a windmill. The only people interested in immortalizing our modern day turbines work for the advertising departments at GE and Vestas.
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