We recently went to the Art Institute to view the Edward Hopper and Winslow Homer exhibits and they did not disappoint! Perhaps the most interesting thing we discovered was that Hopper's work, for all its realism, has many interesting surreal aspects. For example, in his famous "Nighthawks" painting, shown at left, there are no entrances or exits to the diner -- it's basically a self-contained, hermetically sealed space. We both liked his oils much better than his watercolors -- even though the watercolors focussed largely on venues in Kate's native New England. Great show -- but it was huge and we were so wiped out by the end of it that we didn't even make it to the gift shop afterwards to look at the books!
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