[Watercolor Painting, Portrait], Lat/Lon (36.0020, -78.9301), 22 by 30 in, (56 by 76 cm),
I.V. Passmoore, 2010

One would think that no view is required, of a reader. But one would be mistaken. Thoughtful reading demands iregular pauses for reflection. The better, more lively the view outside, the more productive will be the thinking.

Duke Chapel, Bostock Library, 4th Floor, window sill, inspiration, erudition, literary, immersion, preoccupied

Series Description: Scenes from the Harvard of the South, in Durham, North Carolina. Formerly Trinity College, it rose to prominence after a tobacco magnate opened his checkbook in the 1930s. See also dmoz.org/...Colleges and Universities/...Duke University/, and the Geisha series, painted at Lilly Library.

A selection of 10 more titles in this series --
Spring Flower Gardens | Elegy in Lavender | Goldfinches Among Echinacea | Reader With a View | Sanguine Blue Devil | Quaint Brick Architecture | Owen Flanagan's Tibetan Teapot | Activity for a Three-Year Old | Self Defense Move at the Law Library | Carlos Linnaeus' Beloved Nepenthes: Tropical Pitcher Plant |

Summary of titles in the "Duke University" series --
41 Watercolor Paintings | 27 Pen & Ink Sketch/Drawings | 10 Pastel Paintings | 5 Oil Paintings | 4 Pencil Sketch/Drawings |