Precisionism, Dogs

I chatted with a volunteer's father tonight about an art movement I'd never heard of; Precisionism. We were talking about my interest in photographing infrastructure and he told me about a Precisionist artist who he talks about in his humanities class at a community college. I looked up the movement just now and I'm in love with it, both in concept and in practice. This is (one of) my kind(s) of art!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precisionism

The shelter was a good time tonight. I accidentally took out a supervisor only dog and am embarrassed, but I know where to check for dog status next time, and it was ok. Cookie the Jack Russell is out of her cone and doing better. I got nuzzles and ear-licks from Eve, a gentle pittie. There are a couple of dogs who look like big chocolate labs who are in until their owner proves they have their shots, or gets them done. Hopefully they'll be going home soon, but they're sweet and fun. Brooklyn was frenetic as usual as we walked around the park, but manageable. It was nice to have some dog time.

Elsie Driggs

Wow; I'd really like a print of this! This is the kind of art that inspires and drives my own art.

http://collection.whitney.org/object/125

This is a piece of art by a female artist who was part of the first art movement native to the United States. Why don't we hear more about women like this in art? Even in my art history class that made sure to talk about important and influential women in artistic history, we didn't mention Elsie Driggs. You can't cover everyone of course; it was a short introductory class. But far too many female artists are overlooked.

Let's hear it for Elsie Driggs!