Images for Winter Survival

I am so done with winter, like so many others who dwell in locals not fit for human habitation. One of the best ways to access reservoirs of sanity is to seek relief for the eyes and soul in art galleries and museums.  New favorites lurk in fabulous places yet to be discovered. This image is a great getting-through-the-winter image. It says everything about summer worth saying without a single pronoun. I found this at Hirschl & Adler Modern’s online Gallery (you can visit their real one at 21 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021) I am no slave to realism, but I don’t dismiss it realism because it’s less trendy. The sticker on this piece gives new definition to the “wish” in my wish list, but while I was ogling at it during a sandwich break, I noticed an uncanny synergy between the forms in the painting and a Design Legacy Pillow in the group of pillows I was uploading:

Design Legacy Pillow: http://www.homeaccessoryaccents.com/index.php/liv_room_en/livingroom/pillows-throws/design-legacy-pillows/butterfly-decorative-pillow-3.html

Truth be told if I had my wish, I would have both – the painting on my wall above an ocean blue velvet sofa on which rests this pillow. Wishing seldom involves compromise

I think I could make an entire religion out of sitting before Jules Bastien-Lepage’s Joan of Arc at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in blissful veneration with an orange scone and a cappuccino in hand. Although he died at only 37 years of age in Paris (1884) he already had over 200 works to his credit – but Joan was his masterwork. You can get lost in her glacial blue eyes, and the 10 foot canvas reveals something new every time you look at it. Anyone who has ever worked with oils on a large-scale canvas can relate to the ambitious undertaking that conceived this haunting image.

I think a museum trip at a warm destination is long overdue!

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