Monday, August 29, 2011

A treat for Dave

When Dave read about the Edinburgh National Gallery online, he saw that they have a collection of watercolors by J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851). But when he got to the gallery, he learned that they are only displayed for a month or two out of each year. The paintings are available in the archives, and each day only one person is allowed to go in to see them. (I snuck in with him.) In the rack you can see in the photos, all the paintings vertically inserted in the rack are Turner watercolors. There's a book of photos from the exhibition of the paintings that describes each one. Dave pored over the paintings and the book for a couple of hours, analyzing Turner's techniques. A real highlight for him. I stayed about 45 minutes, and I thought many of them were beautiful.