A couple of months ago Rachel stayed over on a Thursday. Usually she stays on the weekend so this was something special. It also happened to be free day at the Museum of Art. We thought we would take a look and of all the artwork displayed there, the one that impressed her the most was a small scale, multimedia mural by Dick Pinney called “Where Have You Been, It’s Almost Dark?” Here is what it looked like…
Here is the part that Rachel said was her favorite detail…
This last weekend Rachel stayed again. I asked her if she would like to undertake an art project. I had done a little research and I had discovered that there are at least a dozen Dick Pinney murals in the Cedar Rapids area. I wondered if she would like to go and visit each of them, take a picture, and put together a little scrapbook. She said she would so the first place we visited after seeing the one at the Art Museum was at the Eastern Iowa Airport. It was completed about 1991 and was called Flight Aviation in Cedar Rapids. Pam, at the airport, told me that piece of art cost $10,000 in its day. Here’s a look at this one.
And here are a couple of closer views.
In the weeks to come we will visit more of his artworks and keep you posted here.
What a treasure for Rachel. This will be a wonderful memory.
How wonderful that she likes to go and do this with you. With boys everything had to be hands on and fast paced. These are also very nice collages!
Rachel’s so lucky to have you for her grandpa.
I agree, Rachel is very lucky. She is also a very good artist. I think she must have gotten the Thorpe art gene, because it sure didn’t come from my side of the family tree!