Fabulous weekend
And unexpectedly so. I got two doses of art, first at the new Cordair Gallery in Napa, and then at the house of a friend who is a bit of a collector, which I hadn’t known. Saturday I got yummy breakfast with a friend, and then yummy tri-tip with more friends, and I got to answer lots of questions about antelope. Then we went to the Ceja’s winebar and lounge and met some of the family and drank great wine and had a fabulous time.
Sunday I got reaaallly yummy sun-dried tomato bruschetta and sausage-bacon-date appetizers and home-made meatballs and chocolate cake and red wine with friends, and I got to answer lots of questions about antelope. And whales and school and Kenya. And I found out my club will get to host another campus speaker this spring, to talk about free speech, in addition to our panel on global warming (and how there isn’t a consensus, and even if there was and that meant anything, statism is not the solution to national or global environmental and climatological challenges).
And this week I will live and breathe springbok data analysis.
Of artistic note this weekend, I learned about and/or saw and/or had reason to think about:
A bronze bust of Antinous, after the one in the Vatican.
Bouguereau’s Dawn and Evening Mood.
Happily, a new discovery to me: both Herbert Draper and his Gates of Dawn.
As always, my favorites at the Cordair Gallery were by Alfredo Gomez, closely followed by Brian Larsen - his new Deliberation, and Heroes in the front window.
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Ah, sweet Dawn. The original rests at the Birmingham Museum, just 2.5 hours from here. I saw her in person a few months ago, nearly 8 feet tall, and breathtaking. It was one of those strange, cliched moments when I actually felt floored and a hair-spread from weeping…
And I have a print of Evening Mood at home. Just as lovely. One project I’d like to pursue is mapping out the location of every Bouguereau original… and then seeing them all!
Comment by Cappy — August 11, 2008 @ 9:20 am
We thoroughly enjoyed your visit and hope that you will come visit again soon.
Comment by Linda — August 17, 2008 @ 4:09 pm