Inspiration At The Met

During the three days were in New York City we had the chance to visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art. We could have stayed there all day! But, we had so many things to fit into our short visit so we saw as many exhibits as we could fit into about 4 hours.

Here are some pictures of our favorite paintings:

Mrs. Hugh Hammersly by John Sargent

Seeing Sargent's pieces was the main event for us.

"Madame X" by Sargent was absolutely stunning in person!  

"Salome" by  Henri Regnault - Santiago loves this painting and we wandered all over to make sure we saw it.

Van Gogh's self portrait.

"Wheat Field with Cypresses" by Van Gogh. It was an amazing experience to see so many famous paintings
in person that I have only seen pictures of in books. 

Apparently I wasn't the only one that was tired.

"Vsevolod Garshin" by Ilia Repin. This piece was one of our overall favorites.

"Joan of Arc" by Jules Lepage

I was OBSESSED with all of the mother and child pieces and want Santi to compose and  paint
something like this for our permanent collection.

I really liked some of Picasso's portraits.

This Picasso "Mother and Child By A Fountain" reminded me of something
Brian Kershisnik would paint.

A Painting Of Us?

Brian Kershisnik is an artist we have really come to love and appreciate.  He has a great sense of humor and ability to portray that in his depiction of daily life.  The first time we saw this painting we both thought it looked just like us and a common scenario from our house.

The only difference is that Our Little Artist always wants to be in the middle of the hugging action, and our dog is a Newfoundland not a lab.

A few weeks ago we got to see this other piece of Krishisnik's at The Meyer Gallery before it got shipped off to the lucky new owner.  It's titled The Gravity and with Little Artist #2 on the way we both thought it was rather comical.  Plus, she's a red-head!

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Show At Meyer Gallery

Over Labor Day weekend we went to Park City for the "Mirror, Mirror" show at The Meyer Gallery.  It was a compilation of 10 artist's portrayal of the human figure and the human condition.

We went to see Justin Taylor & Brian Kershisnik's work but it was a pleasant surprise to walk up and see Santiago's pieces hanging in the front window!

We just love Justin Taylor's style and this is why - he is so amazing!

It was a great night and wonderful to spend time with so many talented artists!