travel light, pay attention
Britannia, spring of 2020 - It’s decided. I’ve bought the round trip plane ticket and booked the first (nonrefundable) hotel. Here’s the gist; I’m coming to London to park myself in museums large (I’m looking at you, Victoria & Albert) and small (Hello there, Soames, I’ve heard great things.) I arrive the last week of March and [...]
I’m a past writer, present painter, autodidact and idiolect. What thrills me is world-class art and I travel to look at it closely and at length. This blog is about those journeys; the planning, strategies, eager anticipation, doubts at 3 a.m., and my actual, boots-on-the-ground experience. I always pack a sketchbook and my best manners. […]
Blame it on the Museum of Fine Art, Boston. This is the second time they’ve hooked me with one of their bewitching lures – an exhibit of works by William Merritt Chase, prolific painter and teacher. Of course I know and admire his work. Of course the show opens in October and closes in January. I […]
