AESTHETIC The oil drum has been employed as an aesthetic vessel by John Chamberlain, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Forrest Myers, and other renowned artists who have seen the possibilities of the metal container as a symbol or as a point of artistic departure.  It is a 3-dimensional “canvas” that conjures up a variety of meaningful images. The oil drum when used as a means of expression will remind the world that art has a place, not just in museums, but wherever it may be seen and pondered, and not just as art, but as philosophy whose power will rise from the making of art from a common symbol that is large enough to embrace it. The following images are representative of aesthetic sculptures. Click on any image to see a larger version of it. Those with text in red will have specific information about purchasing it.      Honkers Anne Thompson   Pump It Up Jen DeRosa   To Get Out of the House Nnacy Eisenfeld Drummin' Don Fazekas   Owed on a Grecian Urn Rob Loebell   City in the Round Edwin C. Lomerson III Wardrobe Steamer Trunk Michael Mindera   Around and Around We Go L. C. Morris   The Late Great #2 David Murphy Retro Jason Northrop   HMS Perry Amanda Perry & Andrea Miller   Canopy Diane Platt People Flying Karen Rossi   Tree of Life Peter Smith   Iron Face Peter Smith Cubism Susan Spight   Paradise Pierre Sylvain   The Balance Karen Wassmer Reality Holly Williams   Dead Flower Claude Rioual