The weather is finally cooperating. Rockland is sunny and 69 degrees. We board the American Eagle tomorrow night and sail the first thing Monday morning. I'm not sure what kind of access we will have after tomorrow so this may be the last until we come home. I will try to blog from the ship.
We went to the the Wyeth Center at the Farnsworth Art Center today. The Wyeth family is 120 year of purely American art. N.C. made a living as an artist and illustrator. They say he was larger than life. It took a train to kill N.C. and so one did in 1945. N.C's son Andrew is the most famous Wyeth. We visited the Olson house today where Andrew made one of his most famous paintings Christina's World. Andrew's son, Jamie is the ere to the family name and talent. Examples of three generations of the family's works are displayed in Rockland.
Andrew married Betsy James who was from this area and neighbor to the Olson family. The paintings Andrew made in and around the Olson House are amazing. You can tour the house and view the perspective from which Wyeth did his work. Today's pictures will center around the Olson House, a place I hold dear. The last time I was here Andrew was still living. I was surprised to find he chose the Olson family plot as his final resting place.
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