It took the better part of two days to hang the small works by six artists but it looks great with distinct styles and palettes all generally held together by the landscape thread.
Now that I write that - I realize I'm getting sick of landscapes. Maybe it's just being in such a vibrant part of DC - near Logan Circle - that makes me feel that way. Plus I loved the view of the New York skyline from lovely Secaucus and parts south. The blue haze on the skyscrapers looked very much like the blue haze on the Taconic Range ( if it was umpteen years ago and erosion had yet to take place).
I'm hoping I'll become more inured to the traffic noise which seems assaultive. And at 7 am the dogs spied a large rat running across the sidewalk and decided to give chase. But I like the vibrancy and diversity. This is a particularly good neighborhood as it runs the gamut from sew 'n vac and Vegas Lounge to a ratty 24 hour 7/11 followed by a gentrifying Whole Foods, very modern galleries and chi chi residences with rooftop party rooms.
Here are a couple of paintings that Laura didn't choose to include. She likes the pretty ones.
These have a little more grit.
I'll be posting photos of DC as the week wears on. This afternoon nephew Ivan and I are going to to the Phillips Collection- he likes Rothko and I am wild about twentieth century american art
up to about 1980. Okay, scratch that. The sun just came out and the C&O Canal Towpath in Georgetown
beckons. We'll go to the Phillips during the week when it is free. Cheep, cheep cheep.
Holly
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