Thanks for the link, I didn't know Nicolas Roerich. But I sure like his
paintings.
And am I to understand from your words that the collection of the Seattle
Art Museum is rubbish? ;-)
2015-10-01 1:15 GMT+02:00 Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>:
> One of the things we did in NY is visit the Nicholas Roerich Museum <
> http://www.roerich.org/>
>
> Excellent collection. Unfortunately, many are framed with ordinary glass
> and the lighting is poorly done. So it's often hard to see the paintings
> clearly, let alone photograph them. Just the opposite of the Seattle Art
> Museum, where the lighting is masterfully done.
>
> All the images I've seen of the Himalayas before the middle of the last
> century have been B&W photos. Seeing the same places through the eyes of a
> talented painter is a whole new experience. How accurate they are, I don't
> know, but certainly they opened me up to a different viewpoint, where
> color, even when subtle, is an important part of that landscape.
>
> When viewing some of his fanciful sky images with clear or implied beings
> in the clouds, I was reminded of this shot I'd taken a few days before of a
> sky creature <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=18860>.
>
> Mountain High Moose
>
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> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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