July 21, 2010

  • Art History 100

    So... because I am part art historian... and it is just what I do, and also because I am 100% nerd... I have found out quite a bit about the artist who's painting I just finished working on... his name is Alfred Lambourne and he was born in England in 1850. The crazy thing is that when he was young and living in England his family converted to the LDS religion and moved to the United States! He lived in Missouri until he and his family moved west to Salt Lake City... He kept a sketch book all along the trek to Utah. When arriving in Salt Lake he began working for the Salt Lake Theater Company painting sets. He is associated with the Rocky Mountain School of painting... and is known for his landscapes. He accompanied Brigham Young on an expedition to Zion Canyon and produced the first sketches of that area. He was also a muralist and a panoramic painter. One of his paintings of the Salt Lake Valley is 25 feet long... and he travelled across the US with other panoramic artists showing and introducing people to the wonders of the West through their art. He was one of the first artists to visit and paint Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon and Yosemite!!! And the coolest thing of all is that several of his paintings are in the Salt Lake Temple!!! And Crazy that I should get one of his little studies here in Eugene :) What a fun thing to treat and to learn about. and this will not look too shabby on the CV as I am trying to get more work in Utah :)

    So there is your art history lesson for the day... I would show you some after treatment pics but I can't find my stupid camera cable!!! I am super annoyed at myself... where oh where could it have gone???? :(

    k, lectures over... there will be a blue book essay exam when I next see you... which will be preeeeetyyyyyy sooooooooon!!! X

    Ps. also finally got extremely too big dress to the fitters... will look pretty cute when it isn't so big you could fit 2 footballs in the top with me :) better too big than too small though... wouldn't you say?