Not enough art

High and mighty art tour at the Art gallery.
A wander around different works that I would not have engaged with to that degree, without a guide. Nice coffee and biscuits before this. Met someone who was also on 6 months leave and taking the time to do more of this sort of thing. In the state library now. 10 more mintues on this computer. Contemplating another talk by the gallery director and books in his life. Might need another coffee first.
A misty rain around today.
I find there are too many books, but not enough art(!)
The art that spoke to me the most today was probably the portrait of Mary Solomon, who was sent to Australia as a convict and rose to the upper middle classes - hence a portrait. There was her connection to fagin of Oliver Twist notoriety - did not know fagin (Ikey Solomon) was a real person. (Will have to do some more research on this).
The portrait was well done with intricate lace patterns and a display of lace and jewellry in the case in front of the portrait. The line between convict and citizen blurs as our country clawed its way into its own. It feels often like we are on our own, despite the technology the distance in miles is not so easy to overcome.