Showing posts with label museum people. Show all posts
Showing posts with label museum people. Show all posts

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Rhino

9x12 oil on board

Most people in museums seem to spend more time reading the text than looking at the images.  It's said that the average person looks at a painting for about 8 seconds.  The same seems to be the case in the Museum of Natural History, New York.  I used to think this was appalling but I now believe that the visual system is just that much faster than the left brain textural imput.

Gorilla

8x10 oil on board

This woman at the Museum of Natural History, New York seemed to be gesturing back at the gorilla.  I guess she wasn't scared of him