Getting to the Point
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For better or worse, I’m an art nut. They say, “those who can’t do, teach.” I can sort of do, but I’d rather consume my little heart out.
My favorite artistic era is the impressionist era— sorry Northern Renaissance professor. I fell in love with Degas at a young age when I realized he painted all the pretty pictures at my ballet studio. The came Renoir and Monet when I visited France in Seventh Grade. I even bought my mom an umbrella with “Water Lillies” on it from Fontainebleau, an arrondissement of Paris where Renoir would sometimes go to paint it’s famous forests. Last, but certainly not least, came my fondness for Georges Seurat, an artistic genius with too much time on his hands, but a genius none the less. Seurat used a technique called pointillism, where he created giant paintings using little dots like pixels on a screen, or like this dotty dress, Madewell Pointillist Dress ($148). As soon as I saw this Madewell wonder, it brought me back to my adventures at the Louvre. Let’s just say, the staff was on strike, and security was extremely lax. It has renewed my excitement for Madewell and art at the perfect time. Madewell has just added online shopping to their website, and I have a bit of free time to spend visiting the NYC art museums. |
