Librairie des Jardins

Librairie des Jardins

We stumbled across the Librairie des Jardins (Garden Bookstore) in the Tuileries gardens of the Louvre. The Librairie des Jardins is located in a vaulted 17th-century chamber beneath the terrace of the Jeu de Paume and Le Nôtre's horseshoe ramp of place de la Concorde. I liked the play of light and dark of the bright sun and shadows and hope that I captured the scene.

Gare du Nord

We had just made the London to Paris crossing in about two hours on the 200 mph Eurostar. As we left the train at the Gare du Nord station I snapped a picture of our ride as it waited to make the return run

USS Monitor

USS Monitor
My version is based on a watercolor by Oscar Parkes. It was the most technical accurate painting available. I made a few technical changes based upon photographs taken on the deck of the Monitor. My painting depicts the Monitor as it steams into the Hampton Roads area on March 9th to engage the CSS Virginia.