Quist World Tour

Randall LaGro is an artist, part of the large art community in Taos and the rest of New Mexico. He has found success in the art world for his paintings and monotypes. He is also a man of deep faith who works hard to remain open to God’s leading in his life. He is a family friend of one of our passengers, and he generously invited us to visit his incredible studio today. His studio was once the studio of artist Joseph Sharp, who was one of the founding members of the Taos Society of Artists in the early 1900s. Sharp built the studio in 1915, and it is on the National Historic Register. It’s an incredible space all by itself, but Randy’s art makes it even more fascinating.   Randy had watercolor supplies laid out for the girls, and they set to work creating some art. Meanwhile I watched them and did my best to carry on an intelligent conversation about art when I know so precious little about it! He was gracious about answering my questions and giving suggestions and inspirati...

Sometimes it takes a long time to wrangle 5 people out of bed, down to the free hotel breakfast, and onto a train. This process is not helped by an out-of-order elevator and the decision the night before to just “get going when everyone is ready.”    By the time we made it to NYC today, we were all ready for lunch already. We ate from the food trucks in front of our tourism target, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Two NY hot dogs and three Nutella, banana and strawberry crepes later, we finally entered our first site for the day. Stepping foot into an art museum of any sort with a family of five distinct personalities is not something to be taken lightly. Here is our family in a nutshell, when it comes to art: two people who don’t really care much for art museums, one who used to go numb at the thought but now has much higher interest, one who loves art of all sorts and is particularly interested in unusual design and modern art, and one who loves art but particul...