The National Gallery of Art

Painting Sunlight on the Side of a House

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November 5th 2007
"What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house." Edward Hopper Once again, up before the birds. Jetlag is so insidious. I tend to vacillate between being bone tired and then wide awake. Of course, I am wide awake while the rest of the world sleeps. It isn’t so bad. It gives me time to write my blog and write in my journal. Yes, I still keep a journal. I have done so f ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more