Library of Congress
Surviving Inauguration, as my city virtually shut down and as we move forward with a new President, I thought it might be worthwhile to post about some of the buildings near the site of this event, particularly the Library of Congress, the “largest repository” and safeguarding keeper of our literary and many artistic works of wisdom and expression. We had a friend visiting from California for work and for the Inauguration, so we took our own long neglected trip (as local residents) into the city over the weekend (before the crowds arrived) to tour the Congressional Buildings, Capitol and Library of Congress. Granted my husband works “on the hill” so…
Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth viewed his work as abstract, the realism just happened to be his style. Sadly, this great iconographic figure of contemporary American painting died in his sleep on Friday, January 16th at his home in Chadds Ford, PA. This New York Times Obituary by Michael Kimmelman gives a very good overview. I was very saddened to hear this news. I’ve always been spellbound by Andrew Wyeth’s art, in fact N.C. Wyeth’s too (his father’s — illustrative quality and luminous color), and I’m coming around to Jamie’s (his son’s — a little too macabre for me, however, yet quite talented like his forefathers, nonetheless). This news makes the art trip…
Casart™ Coverings
We have officially launched! It’s been nerve-wracking to finally get here but despite the butterflies in our stomachs we’re flying…My new product-line company, casart coverings, LLC is a partnership with my mother, Lorre Lei Jackson in New Orleans and my sister, Lindsey Wood in Denver. We have the regional parts of the nation covered, but we’re an Internet based business so we can reach the global network as well. We’re starting our product line off to feature 45 colors of three hand-painted, decorative finishes: colorwash, faux-padded harlequin and faux linen, that have been high resolutions scanned, so they are true to the original artwork, and then printed onto a canvas-like,…
