Last Thursday I took myself to Kansas City for an "art day." I
started at the home of Thomas Hart Benton, an American artist with a
distinctive style. He bought this house in the 1930s with his wife,
Rita, and died there in 1975--in his studio. His wife died 11 weeks
later, and everything was left untouched in the studio and house.
For
me it was the Kansas City version of visiting the Albrecht Durer house
in Nuernberg. It is where the work of painting happened.
An
interesting thing I learned about Benton while I was there is that he
was a participating artist in the Lithograph-of-the-Month-Club. What?!
You could buy lithographs like you buy books?! Benton believed that
art ought to be available to the public for a reasonable price. I like
that.
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| "Island Hay" by Thomas Hart Benton |
Next I went to the Kemper Museum of
Contemporary Art to do a little research for some paintings I've been
working on. I've been playing with color, shape and line to see what
happens.
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