Washington D.C.- Portrait Gallery

My website should be up and running again by this weekend.  I hope your computer, iPad, phone or lap top displays a clear picture. Please check it out and let me know what you think. This has been a great summer and travel was a big part of it.  We went to our nation's capital, Washington D.C., where I saw the most intriguing event. The National Portrait Gallery had an artist painting a replica of another painting. The crowd observing this artist was huge. I don't know how the artist can concentrate on their work and ignore all the people. All those eyes looking over your shoulder and the camera shutters going off. It's a testament to their professionalism.  This woman worked in oil in an impressionistic style. Fully duplicating the stokes of the original artwork. To take this shot, I held my camera as high above my head as I could to eliminate the heads and cameras of other observers. I've seen pencil sketching and small watercolor sketching in museum galleries, but this was the first time I've ever seen an oil painting set-up. I'm glad I was there to see it.