Summer Reading

With the pandemic still restricting travel plans, one’s wanderlust can be eased by adding Weir Farm National Historic Site (Arcadia Publishing) to their summer reading list. The book was written by the artist Xiomaro, who is currently creating a photographic collection for Morristown National Historical Park.  The author uses his photographs – rare, up-close, nationally exhibited images that go beyond the stanchions – to take readers through a journey to explore Connecticut’s first national park (and the only one dedicated to painting).  Weir Farm was the home of Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919), a leading innovator of American Impressionism.  Xiomaro’s work has been described by The New York Times as “unorthodox…photographs, commissioned as artworks rather than as mundane documentation” with a “focus on striking details.” His book is available at www.xiomaro.com, which also offers a free preview.