WEIR FARM NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, CONNECTICUT, FALL 2009

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Homestead of American Impressionist J. Alden Weir

Forest Mosaic, Pastel, 20 x 24

Wandering the beautiful woodlands of Weir Farm, I was fascinated by the endless, meandering network of tumbled-down stone walls. The series of small oil paintings below explores the many chinks in these walls that act as tiny peepholes, letting light through the no-longer solid piles of stone.