This morning Susan and I and our friends Jack and Ann Ricco drove in to see the Museum of Fine Arts' exhibit of John Singer Sargent water colors.  It was truly a wonderful experience.  I'll let the art speak for itself.  All the images were taken within 3-4 feet of the original, no flash, and here they are for your enjoyment.  (I'll post a second posting tomorrow of some of the other images taken at the museum)  All the images are water colors by Sargent, unless identified otherwise.


: Corner of the Church of San Stae, Venice
1909

Venice: Under the Rialto Bridge 
1909

Head of an Arab
 1891

Dolce Far Niente
 1907

Simplon Pass: Crags
1909-11

The Master and His  Pupils (oil)
1914

Simplon Pass: Chalets
1909-11

The Tramp (detail)
1904-6

Melon Boats
1905-6

The Cashmere Shawl
1911
This was breathtaking. 

Carrara: Little Quarry
1911

An Out-of-Door Study (oil)
1889
I love the raised pinkie, and the bored girlfriend/lover/?

An Artist in His Studio (oil)
1904

Florence: Fountain, Boboli Gardens
1910
(I practiced my trombone in the Boboli gardens!)

And a few water colors in the exhibit not by Sargent:

Edward Darley Bolt  (American)
Venice: Morning on the Grand Canal
1910
Water color with no limitations. 

Edward Darley Bolt
East River, New York
1911
As great a water color as I have ever seen
 

Aaron Augustus Healy (oil)
John Singer Sargent
1907
This is a detail of a half portrait of Sargent

Attributed to William Callow (English)
View on the Rhine
Late 19th. Cent.

John Ruskin (English)
Interior of Lucca Cathedral
The great art critic was a wonderful artist as well
I like what the caption said about him, that
"detail was holy to him"

John Henry Mole
At the Stile (detail
1871

a water color with the details of a
Watteau  or a Fragonard.
What a marvel of time and technique, with every stone and blade of grass
given its due.  And, unfortunately, upon a rather unexceptional subject.

I took the train to Boston to hear Steve Young's noontime recital at King's Chapel. and it was a really nice experience.  I saw Marcia Martinson for the first time since they left Old South, and Steve put about as much music into a 30 minute program as could be.  His program included Bruhns, Dunham, Koetrsier, Locklair, and a fabulous set of variations by Zachary Wadsworth. Here are some photos of the trip. 

My first sight on  the subway.  Who says you can't have privacy these days?
 One dreads to think what may be going on under there!

Park Street Church, one of the glories of Boston architecture

A moorish influence, beautiful

King's Chapel. 
The church has Ionic single columns on the outside and
twin Corinthian columns thruout the inside.

The State Capital
Bravo!!

The  old State House, wonderful
French Empire style with Mansard Roof.

The first public school in America, the Latin School was here before
the State House.  This is a plaque on the sidewalk
 

Ben Franklin with friend.  This was the first "heroic" figure carved in America
without Greek dress, but in every-day dress.

The small graveyard beside King's Chapel
This is a unique headstone for the time.

Death snuffing our the candle while Time
tries to stop him
(the headstone of a young girl)

Looking back toward the Common

The Charles Fisk organ at King's Chapel.
The division at the very bottom is directly in front of the
organist's face and maybe that is why Steve closed the doors after the first three pieces.
It must be quit noisy

I've spent three weeks playing in Falmouth at the Falmouth Playhouse ("Sweeney Todd"), and have seen some marvelous foliage, and a couple of spectacular sunsets.   This past weekend saw some real color, especially around Oak Point. Here are some examples.

West Falmouth

West Falmouth

Falmouth Common

Falmouth, looking toward Martha's Vinyard

Oak Point

Oak Point

Oak Point

from my front porch, Oak Point

Oak Point

West Falmouth

West Falmouth

Oak Point

My twin, Don, and I on Uncle Tom's horse, at the farm in
Hendersonville, NC. perhaps 1946?

A blog of family mostly, with some amazing shot of my Dad and relatives, and Scott's birthday party, halloweeen, and a bird trip.  Bear with me.



Susan and I at the Atlantic Symphony where I play Bass Trombone
These are our dear friends David and Doris Small.
We performed the Webern Passacaglia, Op. 1, the Beethoven 4th Piano Concerto (Mischa Namirovsky)
and the Dvorak 9th Sym. ("New World")

Scott at 37!!

The cake1  The cake!

Alex, Carter, Susan

The card!



Definitions of Scott as father



Group shot 1b
back row: Doug, Susan, Rigo, Carol
Scott, Alex, Cheryl, Carter
 



I could not be happier to have this photo, thanks to Don who has been shifting through
mounds of stuff from Ann Watson's estate, and scanning photos.
This is A. Douglas Wauchope, my grandfather, probably taken in Nova Scotia
and that is A. Douglas Wauchope jr, my father.

This is my uncle Tom, in Hendersonville, NC

Jackson and Oliver ready for Halloween!
Anakin and Abe

Deer, Daniel Webster Farm.

A brant.  That mark on the neck is extremely hard to catch in a photo.

Greg Gale at Daniel Webster. 
A fine art photographer, we finally found a day we were both free.

Here is five frames shot in less than a second of this Common Loon on Duxbury Bay