Coming to America in July 1967 was so exciting. My arrival at Kennedy Airport and first impressions of New York remain with me to this day, clear and vivid. The first few weeks were spent at Great Neck, Long Island with Nan and Dick Hirshmann; forever dear friends. Every morning, I went with Dick in his Cadillac on the daily commute to the city. I roamed the streets; visited museums and galleries; gawked at the skyscrapers and sights; was captivated, and I am still to this day, by Manhattan. Later, visiting relatives in Syracuse NY, my beloved Uncle Alec and his wife Lena, I visited the Albright Knox Museum of Art in Buffalo. I was greatly impressed, as I had been with the art museums of Manhattan; indeed overwhelmed. Then, in late August, to Washington DC and the Corcoran School of Art as visiting professor of painting............ |