Systematic Landscapes by Maya Lin

Maya Lin has always been a green maverick with a hammer. At only 21 years of age, she won the competition at Yale to design the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial in DC and has been raising eyebrows ever since.

See the new extraordinary Maya Lin exhibition entitled Systematic Landscapes at the de Young Museum in San Francisco opening this Saturday October 25 and running through January 18.  Step inside the earth and see her jaw-dropping 2x4 hill made from 60,000 sustainable wooden blocks that swell into a wave. And that is just the beginning.

As a famous environmental artist, Maya Lin honors the striking and beautiful patterns inherent in nature and geography – and helps us to see them and ourselves in a new light. Be awed, delighted, entertained, and inspired at Systematic Landscapes, which is presented by PG&E. You can even walk through Blue Lake Pass (pictured) and under Water Line. Then take a stroll through Golden Gate Park while you are there. If you are like me, you simply don’t get there enough!  De Young Museum

For more environmental art – both attractive and provoking – take a trip through the intriguing pictures at www.greenmuseum.org and you just might find some jewels like Chrysanne Stathacos. But then again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.