After the Echo Lake conference, the group went to Washington D.C., where I rejoined them. We were extraordinarily fortunate to stay in the home of woodturner Phil Brown and Dr. Barbara Wolanin, who received us with extraordinary grace and ran us into the ground with a punishing itinerary of visits to private wood art collections, punctuated by delicious meals. We young people were quickly depleted but Phil and Barbara showed no signs of fatigue and we were duly humbled. A selection of pictures of the pieces of greatest interest to your faithful scribe follows:
At the Grainers’ spacious home.
A ceramic “cardboard box” full of “acrylic paints.”
Well integrated art encountered during our second collection visit.
Condiments.
Geese.
The medicine cabinet.
A surprising Dali!
Your faithful scribe finds himself once more in that most familiar of places (under a table).
At Jane and Arthur Mason’s–Arthur pointing out favorite pieces to the group.
Arthur Mason.
Arthur Mason shows us more of his favorites.
A sculpture by Jane Mason.
Jeff Bernstein, Phil Brown, and Jason talk about turned wood.
Judy Chernoff and Max talk about turned wood.
Jeff Bernstein.
Snacks are served at Judy and Jeffrey’s.
A couple of drunks at Deena and Jerry Kaplan’s.
Model ships.
Your faithful scribe catches sight of himself in a mirror.
A multipurpose gallery and yoga space.
Triangular and quadrangular forms.
The strain of all this art viewing has gotten to Daniel!