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Genesis 1:3,4 Nina-Marie Sayre Radiating Lines

Am I the only one that finds Pinterest the mother of all rabbit holes? Whenever I'm on there, I find something else that captures my interest.  And down the rabbit hole, I go!  That's where this whole obsession with composition types began.  Long ago, I found a graphic from a book, Composition of Outdoor Painting by Edgar Alwin Payne.  Payne (1883-1947).  Payne was an American painter known mainly for his work of Western US landscapes.  This graphic (you can download a copy here) really changed the way I thought about ...

 When I retired seven years ago I thought I'd go downtown (Chicago) frequently. That hasn't happened -- and certainly not this past year.  The lure of TWO terrific exhibits at the Art Institute (and the fact that I've been fully vaccinated, to say nothing of feeling cabin-cribbed and confined) emboldened me.  The commuter train was uncrowded.

The Monet exhibit concentrated on paintings acquired by Chicagoans who were early collectors of his work -- Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ryerson, and Annie Swan Coburn.  

For more about these collectors:  here

It's still hard for me ...