February 2026
Ft Worth! Birmingham! Another really fun month! Cowboy culture is alive and well in Fort Worth, Texas! It was our first trip to Ft Worth and I absolutely loved it. Cowboy hats, cowboy boots, bolos, longhorn cattle, bourbon, country music and world class art! A Figure in the Night - Frederic Remington … my favorite painting from the weekend Sid Richardson, The Modern, The Kimbell and Amon Carter were packed with stunning works of art and all but Sid Richardson are within walking distance of each other, which just makes it so very easy. Loved seeing so many works by Frederic Remington, especially his nocturnes. Did you know that he was heavily criticized for his nocturnes?? People said he didn’t understand light and got the light wrong. Nevertheless, he persisted :) My other fun trip this month was taking a group of artists (mostly students) to the Birmingham Museum of Art to see the Monet to Matisse exhibition. It was a stellar show with work by Morisot, Sisley, Jules Breton,...
