Inside a covered bridge in Stowe, VT    Silverware sculpture in Kennebunkport ME    Alex Katz at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts   Alex Katz painted huge portraits of his wife and daughter and son in black and white and bold colors that show no evidence of brush strokes. His facial expressions emerge with minimum shading. He carries out his effects with large staring eyes, couture fashions, those black-rimmed Jackie O sunglasses, and flowing hair and limbs. His work makes me want to paint again.    Dale Chihuly glass sculpture at the MFA    We saw the Red Sox win in the rain 5-0 against the Seattle Mariners   The High Line   An old railroad track high above the city along Tenth Avenue has become a park land. The tracks are still there for effect, And so are models of the coal that was hauled along them way back in the 1930s. High above the city birds have found an oasis amongst the plush … [Read more...]