The Vision of Columbus For Samuel Roger's Poems, J. M. W. Turner: Watercolors From Tate exhibition, Mystic Seaport Museum, Collins Gallery, Tompkins Exhibition Building, Mystic, CT. (2019-2020)

 

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The Vision of Columbus for Samuel Roger's Poems. The problem with this watercolor is Turner's "the marching ranks of armed spirits, the ghostly warriors of Atlantis" evoke visions of Napoleon's troops from the artist's era, not the era of Columbus. J. M. W. Turner: Watercolors From Tate exhibition, Mystic Seaport Museum, Collins Gallery, Tompkins Exhibition Building, Mystic, CT. The exhibition, the only showing in the United States, will run here until Feb. 23.

Be advised that the lighting is not optimum at this exhibition, by design, to protect the fragile delicacy of the watercolors and are thus not to be seen as their best. Also, to really get Turner, back off several feet, because a lot of the effect is lost up close. Also photography (without flash!) is actively encouraged at this exhibition. I shot all these with my Android Galaxy S9+ phone and actually began to really see these watercolors on my computer after I downloaded the photos (of which I shot more than 100) and could see the full-bore vibrancy of some of Turner's water colors.

Mystic Seaport Museum (Dec. 19, 2019)

 

 All photographs by Gerry Dawes©2019.

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  Dawes was awarded Spain's prestigious Premio Nacional de Gastronomía (National Gastronomy Award) in 2003. He writes and speaks frequently on Spanish wine and gastronomy and leads gastronomy, wine and cultural tours to Spain. He was a finalist for the 2001 James Beard Foundation's Journalism Award for Best Magazine Writing on Wine, won The Cava Institute's First Prize for Journalism for his article on cava in 2004, was awarded the CineGourLand “Cinéfilos y Gourmets” (Cinephiles & Gourmets) prize in 2009 in Getxo (Vizcaya) and received the 2009 Association of Food Journalists Second Prize for Best Food Feature in a Magazine for his Food Arts article, a retrospective piece about Catalan star chef, Ferran Adrià. 

In December, 2009, Dawes was awarded the Food Arts Silver Spoon Award in a profile written by José Andrés. 

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