My Trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art during the John Morra Workshop

I have a great time during my visit but unfortunately it was the weekend the northeast had a freak snowstorm at the end of Octobler.  The snow wasn't bad in New York but in Massachusetts I guess they had a lot of snow.  So much that my bus was cancelled and I was stuck in New York for my last night.  Luckily I had my dears friends John and Anne in NY the same weekend and John used his points and booked me a room.  Thanks John.

You have to visit the Met in your lifetime.  Put it on your bucket list.  I went on my first night but I only had about two and a half hours but luckily I had written down all the paintings I wanted to see and which room numbers they were located in so I was able to visit all the paintings I wanted to see in that short amount of time.

Here's some of the photos of the Met, I'll publish some more in other posts.

Terry Stickland: Exceptional Fine Artist

"The Ascent" ~ Terry Strickland

I've been a follower of Terry for some time now and I felt it necessary to give her mention on my blog because I love her work. She paints beautifully and I love the emotion she brings forth in her work not matter how subtle.

Terry has a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Central Florida. She has had a very diverse art career, working as an illustrator, teacher, silk screen artist, and a courtroom sketch artist.  Some of her clients have included ABC Televsion, Sea World and Busch Gardens just to name a few.  She is now devoting her time working full time as a painter.

At the time of this article I'm hoping that I might be able to afford her two classes that are coming on on November 13th and 14th at the Gadsden Art Museum in Gadsden, Alabama. You can book a spot by calling(256) 546-7365. Please visit Terry's web site for information and to view her work at:  http://www.terrystricklandart.com/ or visit her blog at: www.terrystricklandart.blogspot.com/

Terry writes on her website, "I consider intangibles, challenging myself to capture small nuance in relationships, life, death, and love. Much of my work is about transitions, whether it is a midlife juncture or coming of age as a universal truth. These paintings are decisions reflected and possibilities contemplated. I'm frequently inspired by fairy tales, superheroes, or works of literature, and reexamine them in a contemporary way." 

It's the small nuaces that Terry mentions that draw me to her work.   I love the way she conveys the emotions in the subjects of her portraits.  Please pay a visit to her web site and her blog, her work is must see!