final pics. Back to real life soon.

This motorcycle has one of the first v6 engines on it. It set an unofficial land speed record of 135 miles per hour in 1926. The only protection the man driving it had was a leather jacket.

Stuff and Junk from the Aerospace museum. It was sick. In the good way. I'm going to miss this city. For the past two days I have been at a retirement home, old decrepit people surrounding me and giving me glares of contempt. My Grandmother says it's because the two women I'm meeting are related to me. I'm not sure how, and frankly I'm not having much fun. Other than visiting Monticello. That was really cool. Also the two women have amazing backstories which are a delight to listen to. One of them has literally thousands of slides of six years spent touring India as an ambassador in the late sixties. She gave me some slide she didn't want and they are gorgeous, to say the least. She has photos of temples that don't even exist anymore.

I'm not sure thinking about it now whether, I like or dislike this place. Regardless it will feel good to go home and interact with people my age.

Varios things I saw today

Today we went to Fords theater, The Museum of American Art, and The Museum of American History. I can't stop smiling. I don't want to leave this place.

The white surrender flag used by General Lee at Appomattox
Hee,hoho Kermit THE frog
Abe Lincolns hat. It's a lil bit dusty
Children with lost ballon, by John Constable
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES! TURTLE POWERE
The first graphophone used to recrord human voices
Judy Garlands ruby slippers
Julia Childs kitchen. Not all of it just a portion
C-3PO
And to finish it a beautiful painting by one of my favorite american artists Edward Hopper.

places I visited today.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy's Grave

Today was a humbling experience as well as a really great one. We visited Arlington National Cemetery, THE WHITE HOUSE, The Washington Memorial, The Lincoln Memorial, and The Vietnam Memorial. So you know. Pretty intense.

Places I visited today.

More pictures. YAY

Places I visited today.

GIVE ME A FOOOD!

He's all like " Oh hey i just want a nibble"

Nomming on my finger



Today My grandmother and I went to the Museum of natural history and the National Museum of art It was a wonderful experience even though i was slightly deaf at the end from all the squealing children.

That was my biggest complaint. Why would you take your child to the east wing of the national Museum of art, that's all modern art. Do you really think they're going to get the concepts of Rothko, or Frankenthaler, or Rodin, or Duchamp? no, no I didn't think so. SO TAKE THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE OH GOOOODJDHJAHJSOFHASF IHATESCREAMINGBABIES.

anyways.... where was I ? oh yeah we went to the two museums, my mind was blown, I saw Self portrait by Van Gogh and almost cried after staring in to his eyes for what seemed like an eternity. We walked through the sculpture garden and I saw works by Louise Bourgeoise, and Lichtenstein, and then we went to the Museam of natural history. Their were giant crystals there, as well as lots of skeletons, and a caterpillar that was adorable. I named him Hungry because he was one of the types of caterpillars that eats everything, and it was a hard time giving him back. I'LL MISS YOU BUDDY! Their are also a ton of bats there, and if you know anything about me you know I love bats. Alot, alot. So here are some pictures. I'll post more tommorow.

Oh you know....

No big deal just been hanging out at the Library of congress. See you guys in a bit, toodles.

doodle page.

Slowly but surely I worked on this for two three weeks in between doing other things.

Aidan Koch

Yesterday in between two of my classes (Oh my god you guys School is out in a week. Freak out right now) I walked to the new store called Tender Loving Empire. It is a beautiful space curated by wonderful people, and I also might get my art shown there so that's awesome. As you walk in the first thing you might spot is the back wall, which is filled to the brim with amazing artwork by many well known local names. As I was looking around I noticed a name that I was unfamiliar with. The work of Aidan Koch is at once both simplistic and complex and is a perfectly balanced to create really beautiful images that I really enjoy. I thought I had seen some pieces made by her before and when i went to her website I found out that she did all of the animations for the awesome Portland based band Nurses. Small world Right? any who's here's pics (cause I know that's all you care about) and links to her website, and etsy, and maybe her flickr, if i'm feeling rambunctious.

http://www.aidankoch.com/

http://www.etsy.com/shop/akoch

Ok, I'm not feeling rambunctious. Goodnight.

Eatcho

Eatcho is the nom de guerre of a Portland artist who makes very silly, very awesome pictures. He works primarily in marker and colored pencil, but has been known to dabble in watercolor. They seem to lie right on the precipice of cartoon and adult works, and I think that's what intrigues, and pulls me to it the most. I also really like his use of detailed line work and many of the pieces he creates make me laugh, in a naughty way.

Stay pretty Portland.