You took something perfect and painted it red?

I've mentioned before that I work close to the "Three Heids" statues at the side of the M8 motorway. I love these sculptures. I've come to like their "moods" as they look different on grey rainy days or bright sunny days and their playful covering of snow in winter.
They even got Red Noses put on them for Comic Relief!!

But since the very first time I met them I have wondered about the rust on the rear of the containers that they are mounted on.

Is this what the sculptor David Mach intended? I've pondered if they were actually meant to rust over time? Was it part of the art? Some kind of statement about industrial decay?


Well found out the answer this week. They have just been needing a coat of paint all these years.


Don't get me wrong they do look better all spruced up. But somehow I'm disappointed that it was something more symbolic than bad maintenance.


Anyway, now used to seeing them with their new coats on. But hope you like this wee photo of them being sorted. I just liked the image of only the first one painted and the workman having a wee break with his paper.


Be well, be happy!!