Tom: Hi y'all...as you may know we have traveled South into our nation's capital, and Dinosaur Hand wanted to come along as well! The painting to our left is by Indiana artist...Robert Indiana.Dinosaur Hand: Yes, I've been staying very busy holding water bottles and subway hand rails; thank you very much.
Tom: You're welcome. The water is very important, boys and girls, as the highs have been in the 90's this week. I think I got a touch dehydrated one day, which pretty much laid me up for a portion of the next day...
D.H: Gotta go, go, go!
Tom: True; there is a lot to see here. Yesterday we ended up on the Mall to see a bit of the Smithsonian,
D.H: ...and a bit is just how it sounds, 'cause that Smithsonian thingy is, like, twelve thousand buildings!
Tom: the Portrait Gallery! This is my wife's favorite place,
D.H: so she dragged us along...
Tom: Dino! She generously showed us around. Of course she knows the history and sprinkled our visit with various snippets of wisdom. The Portrait Gallery contains many portrayals of famous Americans, as well as just plain good art.
D.H: I liked the Garden Gnome room.
Tom: No such thing.
D.H: Well, the sloth room was killer!
Tom: You're thinking of the Natural History museum...we saw that a couple days ago.
D.H: Rooooar; there was Dinosaur Bones! Oh look, a sculpture of a naked lady, and my ancestors on the wall!
in one gallery of modern art, from the corner of my eye i could see a large colorfully dressed woman sitting at a table--i thought she was real. No, she was a realistic sculpture. Just down the room i saw this loudly dressed woman standing still, and of course thought she was another sculpture. Land Ho! but she moved, then took a picture! This place is full of wonder!
Tom: The Portrait Gallery is such a great place; you can see paintings of people you idolize, such as President Lincoln, or a bust of Aaron Copeland. Georgia O'Keefe is my favorite (you can see an architectural painting to the right), or view modern art that actually looks like it may have taken some thought. Or just plain makes you wonder: 'what the....'D.H: Haha, yeah, what is that supposed to be...a duck!? Haha, did somebody step on a duck! haha.
Tom: You're laughing at your own bad jokes, Dino; again.
D.H: quack.
Tom: There are many museums in D.C, and unfortunately we're running low on time...hope we can get into the rest next time we visit.
D.H: I want to see the alligators!
Tom: Well, hopefully we will get to the zoo next time; this week it is way too hot to walk around a zoo.
D.H: Yeah, I'll bet the animals will melt!
Tom: Us too; see ya all on the flip side.
self portrait 
8 comments:
The Garden Gnome Room...hee!! Glad you're treating Dino Hand to some wonderful art.
Sounds like a great time was had by all. Glad to see you had a hand in it.
~robert
Galleries+Shadows.:I love Museums but i am always worried that i look right.Do i look 'serious enough'? It's almost as if i feel like one of the exhibits myself!
in DC half the people walking around are in shorts and sandals...pretty low on the pretentious scale--everyone is welcome!
I have never been a fan of art galleries. I like the air and space stuff.
It's so hard to have to see EVERYTHING in one week. It's overwhelming, because yes, the Smithsonian collections take up at least 10,000 buildings.
Love Dino's "ancestors" on the wall. Sweet.
Sorry Tom, I come to read Dinosaur.
He's just a shade funnier than you:)
xo
erin
one of my favorite museums too!
did you see piece that is a transcript of the gettysburg address written out to resemble lincoln's portrait - one of my faves.
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