New Britain Museum of American Art.

This post will be one of my photo albums. I took quite a few pictures here and one of them I am in total awe over!!!! Jerry, if this album is done incorrectly, please let me know!!

I don't know if you guys have noticed but I like to use exclamations a lot and the phrase 'lol'. I'm a cheery, excited person and those are my ways of expressing my emotion via the internet!

So, shall we begin our experience to the New Britain Museum of American Art? Lets go!

This is me, hello!! =) lol Yeah, I went the beginning of the month when it was snowing. That was a joy! lol My boyfriend isn't the best photographer and didn't say cheese! lol so pardon the grouchy expression! lol It was definitely a good day to go to a museum!




This shot is from the inside, at the ceiling, when you are on your way up to the second floor. One thing I can mention about the second floor is that they had this really cool, hmm, how to describe it.. modern technology art piece? If that makes any sense! Unfortunately, you are not allowed to take pictures of it, but its this little fish pond type thing. If any of you go, hopefully it will still be there. Anyway, I enjoyed this light piece because its very unique and I liked the pretty colors!



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This picture I thought was breath taking. You can't tell from the picture that I took, but it actually looked like the sun was setting because of the way the light hit the painting. Reminded me of a Thomas Kincaid painting, the painter of light! His work is truly amazing and very impressive! I got lost looking into this painting and I still am now, as I admire its beauty.







This picture is a close up of the sunset.... No, I didn't take out on the range in the mid-west, but it would be pretty believable to tell someone that! The colors in the sunset are very vibrant. The way the artist gives light to this particular piece, truly is amazing! Every detail is embellished right down to the man and his cattle! All I can say is look at the detail!!! lol ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hmm, there aren't many words to express my feels towards this painting. It is definitely unique! It is so beautiful, its almost like a Where's Waldo type thing because there are so many hidden things! If you look closely there is another man in the painting, which is under the rock. There are so many little things in this painting its just... mind blowing!!






This up close shot shows the detail in the painting. It is a different texture, it is an oil on linen on canvas. I just thought this picture was very unique and I love the different style in painting.




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This next painting is very moving to all of us, because it is something that happened not long ago in our history. It has affect all of our lives in some way or another even if you didn't personally know someone who perished in in this great tragedy. We can all remember back to that cool and calm morning of September 11th. (I would like to take some time and share a little of my experience and also explain the meaning behind the painting.) It was my senior year of high school. The day started off like any other. Cant remember what my first class of the day was, but I remember when my English teacher got that terrifying call. Her husband was (weird now that I think about it, lol) the photography teacher and they had the TV on in their room. He called up to our classroom and our teacher told us, with a surreal look on her face, "two planes have crashed into the twin towers." At that point it was probably about 930. In about 20 minutes we would be moving to our next class. When I arrived at my next class, which was astronomy, the teacher had a TV in his class room. We watched the news, and saw the towers fall. The principals came around and told us that we could not watch it, which we did not agree with because this is history happening before us! I understand that it could be upsetting for people to watch. That class ended at 1045, and from there, I left school. I shouldn't have done that, but what are you gonna do. This is something that I will remember in vivid detail for the rest of my life, as I am sure it will for everyone.


This painting is absolutely massive!!! I could only stand so far back, and there is actually another painting behind me that prevented me from going back further. There is a lot that went into this painting, every thing signifies something (as with all paintings) but it is something we can relate to.This close up is between the twin men, who represent the twin towers. I liked this portion of the painting because between them you can see a painted picture of an actual shot that is familiar to us all. Portions left of the twin towers as the dust is still lifted from the air, and the smoke is still rising. I was able to visit ground zero 3 months after it happened. What an absolutely upsetting sight. I personally, never remember seeing the twin towers, even though I had been to NYC several times. The area was such a massive sized hole and there were memorials set every where. Heartbreaking letters from children to their parents, hoping and praying for their return home. I have been to the site several times since, and the memorial they are setting up is amazing. I can't wait to see its completion.



I like this portion of the picture a lot because of the statue of liberty. This painting really is amazing, and I would suggest that even if you don't get a chance to visit this museum for this class, then go at some point and see this piece. I truly wish I could have a copy of this for my own, but any chance of that would cost more than ill ever own. lol The closet thing Ill ever get is it as the wallpaper on my lap top! lol

Unfortunately, I have miss placed my notes regarding this painting. I am going to do some research and try to update this post. Until then, I hope you all have enjoyed my thoughts and feelings regarding this painting.