koukla carolyn

Rose and Lily Sketch, tombow brush pens, 2008

Yesterday I went to the Wadsworth Atheneum to see Impressionists by the Sea. I took my time to read every single description and it was very interesting. I loved it how they paired up paintings of the same scene by the same artist at different times or from slightly different angles. They also displayed the paintings according to time period. The earlier paintings focused on shipwrecks and fishermen and then moved on to paintings of vacationers on picnics, etc. At the end, the paintings focused on just the sea and landscape. Those were my favorite paintings. I am not really a beach person, but this exhibition has inspired me to try to get to the beach this summer.