We've been discovering art all over town.

Singapore's architecture is far from boring, every intersection seems a mix of historic and ultra modern. There's water everywhere, whether it's in looking ponds or flowing fountains, the river or an expanse of ocean waterfront. Mixed into this cityscape, art installations appear scattered across town.

There are a number of outdoor locations we pass regularly, where art is displayed and changed to new artists frequently. Here's some of the ones we passed the other day on a short walk to find lunch.

One of the more modern backdrops is Marina Bay. It's near the mouth of the Singapore River. The Boat in the sky is the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. The triple arched building is the Shoppes at Marina Bay, one of Singapore's high-end malls. Walking through the other day I admired a light sweater in the window of one of the stores. That sweater had a $1,000 price tag. The tallest arch in the background is the Sinapore Flyer; Singapore's 165 meter high Ferris Wheel. It takes 30 minutes to make the loop around. This space had been empty when we walked through here about a month ago.

The blown glass sculpture is by Dale Chihuly. I recognized the name, as this artist is being highlighted in Gardens by the Bay, which is another locations which regularly rotates art displays through among it's indoor and/or outdoor gardens. Sounds like this one is an indoor paid exhibition.

Inside the Shoppes at Marina Bay, there is a light installation that I really like. Seeing it with many people on it is very different, than watching a few children run across it reacting to the floor changing beneath them. It regularly changes the theme of the images. This time it was flowers, but my favorite has been the koi pond version. It looks like koi are racing up to greet the real live children as the children move across the circle. The light in the 3 story chandelier above moves through in shimmering waves.

Some random fountains we passed included some interesting dome shapes created by the water. Jonathan really liked these. I'm more partial to the fountains that make splashy noises which cover up road noise.

Across the street from where our Grab dropped us off at was a sculpture which caused me to look twice. At first I just thought it was a crowd of people across the way, but then I felt like we were descending into Minecraft, the girls' favorite video game, due to the sculpture's slightly blocky feel. I'm pretty sure it's a permanent installation.

Along the way was another one I always check out when we are driven past. Created by David Gerstein, it's called "Momentum". All the different figures spiraling up, highlight the upward cycle of progress.  

In stark contract to all these modern monuments, are the little statues we discovered recently in front of the Singapore Woodcraft Manufacturing building on a walk between Hort Park and the bus stop.

And of course, there are also the Merlion statues around Singapore. The Merlions are such an iconic part of the landscape, we don't even think of them as statues or fountains.