Recently in Exhibits Category

I just spent an afternoon of pouring rain and Art in New York City.

First stop was the 2nd Spectrum Exhibit hosted by the Society of Illustrators.

Two floors with 120 works from artists such as Rick Berry, James Gurney, Julie Bell, Brom, Michael Whelan just to name a few. It was very exciting to be able to see these pieces in their original format after seeing them in print only. The amount of tiny details in some of the oil works was spectacular.

Spending the rest of the afternoon in the Portraits gallery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art seemed like a natural extension. The contrast between recent and ancient Masters was very inspiring.

I got the occasion to experience an unexpected side effect of the workshops I recently took.

We are spending the weekend a little north of Philadelphia, near Longwood gardens, and on a whim, we decided to visit the Brandywine Museum. There, I had the occasion to appreciate the works of N.C.Wyeth (among others) with a different eye than I used to in museums before.

http://brandywine.doetech.net/pictsrch.cfm

Instead of paintings, I could see sharp/diffuse edges, value, colors, and so on I know it's not anything new if you had classical art education but I thought I would share that anyway.