The Life & Times of Allison Jane

Max Beckmann
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
1917
Oil on canvas
58 3/4 x 49 7/8 in.
St. Louis Art Museum

So, my painting class took a field trip to the art museum, and I actually got to go! I've been going to that school for four years and had no idea they had an accessible van/bus thing. My teacher was good enough to not only deal with the bureaucracy of getting it, but also driving the damn thing. Anyway, I was really taken with the painting above. Apparently SLAM has the largest public collection of Beckmann paintings in the world. This one was, by far, my favorite. The faces and the hands the and the colors and the brushstrokes - it's amazing. You should see it in person if you ever make it out there.

Silent version of The Phantom of the Opera with Lon Chaney ♥ ( more )

Grand Marquis de Sade Adobe Illustrator Done for a class... I might take it into Flash and try to animate it. And for something completely different... ( check out the first red leaf of autumn! )

Classes started again on the 20th. I only managed to keep up daily entries for a few days after that. From now on I'll try to update every weekend. To catch up, since I started school I... ( Went to class )( Saw some friends )( Ate a heart-shaped potato )( Drew some stuff )( Saw a squirrel )( Went to an MDA Telethon and saw... )( Saw that Tara's owl is still being held hostage )( Took some photos of flowers )( And tried to keep my cat from destroying my room ) I'm a busy girl.