Art Omnivores

om·niv·o·rous, adjective
1. eating both animal and plant foods.
2. taking in everything, as with the mind: an omnivorous reader.

While most of us have artists, musicians, crafters, authors and cuppycake bakers whose work is assuredly the top, the Tower of Pisa, the smile on the Mona Lisa in the compendiums of our respective minds, there are so many others we’re just mad about.

Beloved painters for me? The German and Austrian Expressionists -- Max Beckmann, Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, Klimt and more.

The apples of Jen’s art eyes? Cy Twombly and Philip Guston to name just two.

You’d think that, with the Atlantic size gulf between our art idols, we’d never be able to enjoy going to galleries and museums together.

Think again little red hens.

Jen and I both stood in varying amounts of awe at the Diebenkorn and the Frankenthaler, the Kline and the  Motherwell, the Marsden Hartley as well as the decorative works.

Our next major trip will be to look at even more artwork that we agree on -- the architectural wonders of Antoni Gaudi.

What kind of art do you like to look at? Who are your faves?