ORLANDO MENELLO MUSEUM
We met with Peter, Nancy, Jeanette, and Gary at the Orlando Menello museum and found it delightful. It was very small, so we had time to think and absorb.
Much of it was the abstract painting of Grace , and that did not attract me. I just can't seem to gather an appropriate response. I did understand one quotation on the wall and saw that in one painting.
However, even here I must say that I am not inspired by seeing life in fragments that I can't connect to anything. I blame myself.
While Elizabeth was not thrilled by the paintings, she was interested in the painter and enjoyed the exhibit.
I did like this one. However, the artist is different.
The permanent exhibit is of Earl Cunningham,
https://www.mennellomuseum.org/collections/earlcunningham/
who was untrained and yet produced many paintings that reflect his visions of the Northeast and of Florida.
Happily, this exhibit will be there next year while the Grace will be replaced by another temporary exhibit.
The museum was inexpensive at four dollars each and is free for Veterans with ID.
Cunningham was much like Grandma Moses, only he sadly died before his work was discovered. The Menello family bought much of it up, and had the paintings restored and placed on exhibit. As a result he is recognized as one of the leading folk artists in America.
I noticed he often painted the same small images in groups, perhaps three gondolas, or a line of carriages, or a flock of birds. It was almost like he was thinking, "Well, that looks good, let me add a few more."
Twice he used these old wells in his paintings.
We were there a half hour early and so we sat in the fine outdoors next to the lake and watched the birds. Then we revisited with the others after our museum visit. It was a really enchanting spot with a fine breeze and plenty of white pelicans, cormorants, egrets, small ducks, turtles, and a fine view. None of us had ever seen these pelicans so active, and their flying in and landing was breath taking. We hardly could drag ourselves away to go eat.
I put all the photos in this early spot just to have the outdoors altogether.
There were some interesting outdoor sculpture. Here is one for the dog lovers.
There were fine, old fashioned. Adirondack chairs to give comfort to the observer
This squiggle sculture was interesting, but my favorite was Waltzing Matilda
How this relates to the old Austrailian song of war I don
Called Waltzing Matilda, a very odd title for a very graceful and very unwarlike sculpture. I wish I had asked why as I've found no explanation on the internet.
This one below is called Twin Vortexes.
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Much of it was the abstract painting of Grace , and that did not attract me. I just can't seem to gather an appropriate response. I did understand one quotation on the wall and saw that in one painting.
While Elizabeth was not thrilled by the paintings, she was interested in the painter and enjoyed the exhibit.
I did like this one. However, the artist is different.
The permanent exhibit is of Earl Cunningham,
https://www.mennellomuseum.org/collections/earlcunningham/
who was untrained and yet produced many paintings that reflect his visions of the Northeast and of Florida.
Happily, this exhibit will be there next year while the Grace will be replaced by another temporary exhibit.
The museum was inexpensive at four dollars each and is free for Veterans with ID.
Cunningham was much like Grandma Moses, only he sadly died before his work was discovered. The Menello family bought much of it up, and had the paintings restored and placed on exhibit. As a result he is recognized as one of the leading folk artists in America.
I noticed he often painted the same small images in groups, perhaps three gondolas, or a line of carriages, or a flock of birds. It was almost like he was thinking, "Well, that looks good, let me add a few more."
Twice he used these old wells in his paintings.
This is peculiar because the house on the lower left corner is so out of proportion to the goose behind it and to other houses. Gary heard that he made things in proportion to their importance to him rather than their realistic size.
There were some interesting sculptures, including a great bronze.
ll in all it was a fine trip.
Afterwards we went for lunch at the Ravenous Hog which was not BBQ as some thought, but some fine tasting food. I ate a Farmer's salad and a cutting board of tastes called
"charcuterie. "
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