Karen Waltermire

Karen Waltermire

Philip Guston at the National Gallery of Art

I recently saw the Philip Guston exhibit at the National Gallery of Art – twice.  My favorites are his social justice paintings in pink.  He created his own style of painting and didn’t hesitate to change his style if it was no longer working for him.  This is probably my favorite painting of the show, “painting, Smoking, Eating” because of all of the shoes stacked up by the person lying down and the person lying down is missing a nose.  It is an odd painting but I can spend all day looking at it.  Do you have favorite paintings that are odd but captivate you?

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