The PGA Tour Loves Art Too

Over my amazing Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale, Fl I had the amazing experience of being able to go and see a PGA Tour Event. The tournament was The Honda Classic at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fl. No Tiger Woods was not playing that week but tons of other incredible golfers including my favorite golfer of all time Davis Love III. You might be asking yourself right now why in the world is he writing about a professional golf tournament in what is supposed to be an arts blog well this is the reason. As I wandered down the lush green grass of PGA National the nature surrounding me was not the beauty bestowed onto me. There were these enormous 10 feet wide by 20 feet tall murals surrounding every hole. I had no idea that I would ad the amazing opportunity to see such incredible works of art while watching my favorite sport in the world and my favorite golfer. It was truly wonderful for me to see so many people stop to see the incredible art before their eyes and see the utter amazement in their eyes. I had absolutely no idea why these murals were here but they added such a great experience to the day. In all there were 128 paintings by artist Kiril Jeliazkov who chose to bring his work to this specific event after its tremendous success over in Europe. Jeliazkov said, "My goal is to create a body of work that visually translates the way “Life” relates and expresses itself through the vast variety of cultures, communities, countries and attitudes." It was such a great treat to see the arts which is one of my passions incoporated with another one of my passions, golf. I hope that in the future more artists choose to do more things like this.