It was pretty cool to have this article passed on to me. As I posted about I had visited one of my sister’s Alley of Art shows when I was in Vermont.   The Burlington Paper has caught on to the artist community that exists and even featured some photos of her painting. As a big sister I always feels great to see that people know her art and appreciate her as an artist.

Well June has been a busy month for me, time which included plenty of art. The month started with a visit with my favorite artist, my sister, Rachel Brooks. She lives and creates her fabulous works of art in southern Vermont, where I grew up. I had not been to the area since 2007 so a visit to my family was long overdue. My visit coincided with my sister’s self-organized art show, “Art in the Alley.” Literally what is sounds like, along with her friends she set up art in an alley way.

The show went well, while I was there she sold one of her shadow boxes and several of her sketches. She also had some jewelry and photographs on display. There was a lot of interest in on of her paintings – I myself really liked it, if only I had somewhere to hang it.

Painting by Rachel Brooks

Her roommate had some really interesting pieces on display. It may have been the Latin American art that I have been studying recently that was on my mind when I saw them, but many of them had a “Day of the Dead” vibe to them.

Only a few days after returning to Virginia from Vermont I was on a plane heading to Montreal. The reason for the trip was to watch the Canadian Grand Prix, however the first stop in the city was the Musee des Beaux-arts. As with my visit to Musee d’Orsay in Paris, part of the museum was closed for renovations. Even with some of the museum closed it was very interesting for me. Many of the artists names I did not recognize and I felt as if I should. The styles were consistent with artists I am familiar with so I am really looking forward to reading more about these unfamiliar artists. With the construction and all the street activities going with the F1 race in town unfortunately I did not get a photograph outside the museum. If I get to Montreal again…

I have ended my month with another trip to the Phillips Collection. My friend was having a birthday party a few blocks from the museum which gave me an excuse to check out not only the Kandinsky exhibit but also the recently renovated main house. I will not say that I am impressed with the renovation, a little disappointed in fact, it has lost some of the house charm it had. The music room appeared to be untouched – and was where I found my favorite discovery of the trip, Augustus Vincent Tack. I must find out more about him, the panels on display are remarkable, something between art nouveau and abstract.

Another artist I have to find out more about I only found today, Zoe Pawlak. A new blog that I have been following is The Jealous Curator, and Zoe was one of the artists featured. I want to own one of her pieces.

It Broke and All the Land was Plenty

Please, can I have?