Click on the picture of the Bean, Millennium Park, Chicago, to see a photo essay I took at The Art Institute, Millennium Park, and a concert in Grant Park.

Romantic English landscape artist John Constable obviously loved the drama of cumulus clouds. As I was driving home two days ago, I couldn't wait to get out my camera and capture the Constable sky over Oak Park.

A Constable sky over Scoville Park, May 30, 2006

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Romantic clouds over Scoville Park, May 30, 2006
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Romantic clouds over Scoville Park, May 30, 2006
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Romantic clouds billow over Scoville Park, May 30, 2006
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Magnolia blossoms, Spring 2006

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Red tulips, Spring 2006

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Heads up, Spring 2006

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Spring is here, 2006

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S. John the Baptist,

Spanish artwork, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2005

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Renaissance S. George, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2005

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Antique Cherub, 2006

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Angel Cemetery Monument, Tarrytown, New York, 2005

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We Got 'Em, November 2005

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New York Cityscape 01, November 2006

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New York Cityscape 02, November 2005

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Visiting the Statues of Liberty at Macys, November 2006

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Nike's Birds

General Sherman Monument, Central Park, New York City, 2005

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Chicago Pride Parade 2002: Bringing Color to Your World

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Views of Oak Park, Spring 2006

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Scoville Park, Oak Park

Scoville Park, Oak Park

Sitting at the Monument, May 2006

Winter, Oak Park, January 2006

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Winter in Scoville Park, Oak Park, January 2006

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Thistles in winter, November 2005

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Early morning, Tappen Zee Bridge, New York, December 2005

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A stroll in Cornwall on the Hudson, New York, April 2006

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Early morning, Rich East Lagoon, October 2002

Early Morning, Rich East Lagoon, October 2002

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