Sunday, July 31, 2016

Travis Simpkins Sketches Works in the Blue Room at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Blue Room: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Boston, MA

     Over the past year, the majority of my assignments for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum have been to sketch works on display in the Courtyard and the grand gallery spaces on the 2nd and 3rd floors. This time around, I am tasked with interpreting some works on display in the Blue Room: one of the smaller, more intimate galleries on the 1st floor. Such a lovely, inviting space…

Blue Room: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Boston, MA

Saturday, July 30, 2016

Albert Pike (1809-1891), 33° Scottish Rite Freemason. House of the Temple. by Travis Simpkins

Albert Pike (1809-1891). 33° Scottish Rite Freemason. House of the Temple. by Travis Simpkins


Portrait Sketch of
Albert Pike
(1809 - 1891)
Freemason
Sovereign Grand Commander of the
Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction
Brigadier General, Confederate States Army
Attorney and
Author of "Morals & Dogma"
by Travis Simpkins



General Albert Pike



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Albert Pike. by Travis Simpkins. Albert Pike Memorial. House of the Temple. Washington, DC

Worcester Art Museum: Ancient Roman Portrait of a Lady (a Daughter of Marcus Aurelius). by Travis Simpkins

Daughter of Marcus Aurelius, 160-180 A.D. Worcester Art Museum. by Travis Simpkins


Sketch of an 
Ancient Roman 
"Portrait of a Lady
(a Daughter of Marcus Aurelius
160 - 180 A.D. 
Bronze
Collection of the 
Worcester Art Museum
by Travis Simpkins