During our trip to the Art Institute, Paul and I had to check out our standard favorites. No visit seems complete without a Georgia O'Keefe or a de Kooning (as a way of saying hello to the Massa). 
This trip, we seemed more struck by a less traditional Georgia, Shelton with Sunspots. Also, Edward Hopper's Night Hawks had returned to its normal display in the Art Institute.
Paul's favorites include quite a few Marsden Hartley's and Rothko's. (Anyone that has checked out our normal photo blog may recognize the Paul appreciating Rothko (PADko?) from last year's birthday trip to Chicago.)
Mine are a bit more random. I am drawn to an Antonio Mancini painting called Resting. It almost brings me to tears because it reminds me what my darkest moments of depression feels like. There is something about her face...
An additional must see is Picasso's The Old Guitarist because it bears a striking resemblence to a drawing of Paul that my most talented nephew Michael drew at Christmas time. I will have to scan that drawing in to the computer once I am back in Ohio.
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