Sep 3, 2010

Suddenly there she stands – the glorious, exuberant “Pinkie.” And the longer I remain at the foot of her portrait, the lighter my heart becomes as I soak in the joy of the moment. Here is a little girl on the verge of womanhood. Her lustrous shell-colored satin bonnet trails matching ribbons flying in the wind. She is at once casual and elegant.

Denver is a very arty city. A number of public art pieces can be found throughout downtown and the Denver Art Museum is massive. I only had the chance to check out the contemporary and modern floors, but I was, well, floored. They most memorable piece is an installation of a restaurant full of tables set for dinner all painted red. The floor, the walls, the

Giggling, my friend poked me in the ribs. “That’s it! Look we simply have to go there.” Excitedly she pointed at leaflet she had picked up at the Information Centre in Bayside Market Place. I had just landed in Miami for a week’s vacation, which, for me, means seeing interesting places with a focus on museums. Chilling out on the beach comes in between

I never got the chance to sleep on Murano, an island in the Venetian lagoon on which medieval artists built a glass trade. Because Venice was closer to transportation connections, I opted to stay there instead. That missed opportunity has always been regretted, but I was able to correct it at a hotel dedicated to the art of glass in Tacoma. Hotel Murano took

The illustrative arts in San Francisco are well-represented, ranging from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, to the Cartoon Art Museum and the Friends of Photography at the Ansel Adams Centre. During my first visit to the city, I was both surprised and delighted at one aspect of the art scene which doesn’t receive a great deal of publicity, the amount of