philip

a sky for philip
 oil on canvas 22"x28"
signed february 28, 2012
prints are available for purchase

My brother-in-law Philip is an art historian. He was visiting us this past December and admired the sky in one of my water themed paintings. He was remembering with fondness, the vast swathe of sky of the Prairies, where he is from.
His musing inspired me and I decided soon thereafter that I would make a painting for his birthday. a sky for philip, is both a celebration of the memory of his home, and my remembrance of him.

you can see in the future of a thousand years

When I was planning my trip to New York City. I grouped my day's activity in roughly the same neighborhood. My usual pilgrimage to Victoria's Secret, was coupled with my introduction to Dylan's Candy Bar and the Whitney Museum, all on the east side, within ten blocks of each other. I knew I was going to The Cloisters and I found out that Inwood Hill Park was nearby so I decided to pay it a visit.

saturday: the guggenheim

It was the second to last day of the Maurizio Cattelan's All exhibit at the Guggenheim. Because I am a woman with respect for the value of a dollar. I had planned all my museum visits to coincide with the museum's pay as you wish day or hours. I believe every museum in New York City has such a policy and for the Guggenheim that time is Saturdays from 5:45pm until closing. If you put together the closing Saturday of an exhibit, and pay as you wish, you come up with something that i did not anticipate at all,

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