Museum Hopper

i have been sort of waiting to visit the seattle art museum until some of the new exhibits opened.  it seemed fitting to do it my last weekend in seattle, which coincidentally ended up being a mildly rainy sunday!  perfect activity. i was very excited to see the beauty and the bount y after walking by the publicity signage every day.  it was pretty magnificent.  the best part though, which was key, was that the exhibit was not crowded.  each painting had plenty of space around it.  this was so important for setting the mood of the entire exhibit.  they grouped the paintings (from what i could tell) by geography and sort of ending with the westward expansion.  landscape paintings are always so peaceful.  even the scenes with huge storms blowing through seem to have some tranquility to them.  this exhibit was no exception.  it reminded me a lot of j.m.w. turner's work that i saw at the metropolitan museum of art and the tate brit...