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"Jefferson Memorial Nocturne" was the first of my new mini series--mellow nocturnal scenes of Washington landmarks. Initially it turned out dull and boring instead of evocative and stirring. So I let it dry and reworked with more paint and colors. The famous memorial to the great president doesn't look dirty anymore; its reflections in the water have colors instead of mud.
We are used to seeing Jefferson Memorial and Tidal Basin during the National Cherry Blossom Festival against gazillion, fluffy, pink petals. I wonder what President Thomas Jefferson feels about that in his grave. To this man of many talents and great vision, three achievements mattered the most.
Thus, he penned his own epitaph on his tombstone at Monticello, VA as follows: "Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statue of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University of Virginia."
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