Visual Excitement-Happy Thanksgiving

What seems like a life time ago, I can remember going to the library as a kid with my school and the librarian

J. C. Leyendecker

reading to us an exciting tale of adventure. After reading a paragraph or two she would would turn the book towards us so that we could see the wonderful illustrations painted by N.C. Wyeth. As a kid Wyeth’s paintings along with J.C. Leyendecker,  Norman Rockwell and others

The Death of Robin Hood-N.C. Wyeth

helped open up the world for me with visual representation pirates, celebrities and families. It was possibly my first introduction to paintings as well a visual look of what life might have been like outside of my own neighborhood. It hard to believe in this period of FB, Twitter and Google, that there was a time when a kid looked forward to those weekly visit to the library to learn about history, culture and art.