An Historic Day!



"Daybreak on the Inlet" 20x16 oil on panel

      I titled this post "An Historic Day" because the annual Washington Society of Landscape Painters banquet brought together three of this country's oldest art clubs.  The banquet was held at the beautiful and venerable Arts Club of Washington which is housed in the mansion that President Monroe resided in on I Street in downtown DC.  The Washington Society of Landscape Painters, of which I am a member, is now 101 years old.  A number of us also belong to the 143 year old Salmagundi Club located on 5th Avenue in New York City. Therefore, the speaker invited to the banquet was none other than the Chairman of the Board of the Salmagundi Club, Tim Newton.  Tim is an avid collector and talked about art from the collectors point of view. His talk was informative and engaging and he also brought with him some of the wonderful paintings he has collected by American Masters.  We all had so many questions that we had Tim going on longer than he intended and honestly we would have enjoyed hearing even more.!

      It was a party!  This group has a good time together.  One of the highlights was the song written for the WSLP by member Andrei Kushnir. The song has a line about each of our 40 members and he sang it accompanying himself on the guitar.  It was creative and amusing!  We were all enjoying ourselves so much that when the banquet was over we realized none of us had taken photos.  I wanted something that I could post.  So, as we were leaving artist Hiu Lai Chong took a selfie of herself with WSLP President Daniel Wise, Tim Newton and me outside the Washington Arts Club.  Hey, selfies are the in thing. The clubs may be old but we're not :-)

left to right: Hiu Lai Chong, Tim Newton, Daniel Wise and Me

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