Art, Ocean, Seals, Rocks, and Rock and Roll

I've been out visiting people in Connecticut. I also saw a lot of art, as well as a lot of the ocean. I visited the jellyfish at the Mystic Aquarium.

I found some cool rocks on the beach at Cape Cod - where a group of 3 dozen seals mosied by. There had been reports of Great White Sharks eating seals around there lately - and with an air temperature of 65 and a water temperature of 62 - I didn't exactly swim. I got in up to my knees getting some small rocks out of the surf.

When we were first at the beach, there were masses of brown, dead, seaweed washing up on the beach. There was so much that the waves were brown as they came ashore. But after a couple of days - the seaweed was gone, and the waves were clear.

I had taken my oil painting supplies and made some paintings while I was out there. The biggest challenge was in creating a contraption to bring them home - whereas the painting wouldn't get messed up - and wouldn't get paint on everything else as well. Between dowel rods, some wood with holes drilled for the rods and a couple boxes - it worked out.

The Smith College Museum of Art in Northampton had some good stuff. It was not lost on me that app. half of the art in their collection of art since 1900 was created by women. I don't know why it takes a women's college to be able to do that - I'm sure other mainstream museums could manage to do the same - if they were a little more conscious in their collecting.

Other places where I found art of interest included "The Clark" and The Plum Gallery- both in Williamstown, MA.

And I saw lots of art in Provincetown - including The Provincetown Art Association and Museum, The Kobalt Gallery, The Tao Water Art Gallery, The Kiley Court Gallery, and The Julie Heller Gallery

We also stopped by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland to see their exhibits and we saw lots of rocks at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC.