I went to the Dallas Art Museum today because it was the last weeend for the Coastlines exhibit. Walking through the exhibit made me miss Seattle a little bit. Even though I haven't always lived near the water, I have for the past 10 years and I kind of miss it. It was nice to be able to see the water sometimes. The exhibit was gorgeous! They had a wide variety of media which I appreciated. It was a multi-sensory experience because they also had various sounds playing. In some areas you could hear the roar of the ocean and they also had the plinky plinky kind of music in the background. My favorite painting was this one that was done in oil on canvas called Time and Tide by Alfred Thompson Bricher. It was so amazing. Until I walked up close to it I thought it was a photograph. I tried to find a poster of it in the museum store but all they had was a little card. I think the clouds really give it away but if you just focus on the rock and the water it is gorgeous.
I think I may love his work.
I did go through the entire rest of the museum. It was a really nice three hours. (Additionally according to the calorie count site I'm using 3 hours of leisurly walking burns 781 calories just so you know :) ). The museum has a lot of different exhibits. Another painting I fell in love with was called The Icebergs by Frederic Edwin Church. I could really get lost in the textures of the ice and the colors of the ice. It is a pretty big painting and it almost seemed like you could step into the painting and be much cooler. :)
In real life it is much much cooler. It was in a section I could take a photograph of it but I didn't. (I borrowed this photo from Wikipedia). I'll post the other photos I took later. There was Egyptian art and just so many other neat things to see.
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