I am participating in an art project for the new Capitol Hill Village office. The move to the new office was during the pandemic, so it is not fully open yet,but we are keeping the momentum of the prroject. There is a map covering one wall in the office and the plan is to have paintings of various Capitol Hill neighborhood locations posted around the map with links to the map. On Friday, some of us worked on framing the art and the variety is fascinating and lovely. We were short a few frames so have ordered more and will have it all framed and hung before too long.
One of the pieces I submitted is a watercolor painting of a statue at Congressional Cemetery. This statue is a memorial to Elisabeth Reeves Eydt who died in June 2008 at the age of eight years old. The cemetery is pretty much closed to visitors except for a special group of dog-walkers and dogs who have supported it over the years. I had to work from a photograph that I had posted in my travelblog www.carolynstravelog.blogspot.com when Sophia and I visited Congressional Cemetery in 2015. That blogpost was very special to me because her father made comments about how grateful he was that Sophia and I appreciated the statue. I think he would have liked to have experiences with Elisabeth like those I have had with Sophia.
My other painting for the new office is of the office itself. It is a pen and ink done with an "Elegant Writer" with a few splashes of water.
