Abraham Studios

Maryland / D.C.

In the Key of Irony
30 x 24"
acrylic on canvas
Sawtooth School of Art, Winston-Salem, NC

	After arriving in Maryland we got a hotel room in Aberdeen. At about three in the morning Kristin saw a mouse run underneath the bed. I followed wall where she saw him, and sure enough we saw this mouse hole. We had to argue with the hotel owner to get our money back even though he knew there were mice, he just kept saying there was nothing he could do about them. After getting our money back we went straight to city hall and filed a complaint. We heard from the inspector a few days later that the place was about to be shut down.
Thanksgiving dinner on the road. We made a detour found a nice hotel in York, Pennsylvania they didn't even charge us a holiday rate. We couldn't find anything open so we had turkey tv dinners, but who cares when your living your dreams.	The Phoenix Shot Tower in Baltimore. The tallest structure in the U.S. until 1846
	Edgar Allen Poe Grave site at the Westminster Hall and Burying Ground
Lexington Market is a cool place. It was bustling with all different types of vendors.	Birthplace of the Great Bambino, the Sultan of Swing, the Colossus of Clout.
Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower	The Capital in Baltimore
Kristin directing the cannons at Federal Hill	Baltimore's Inner Harbor
Diorama of Fort McHenry	The barracks at Fort McHenry
It was from a ship in the harbor that Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star Spangled Banner" after the Battle of Baltimore	Cannons defending the fort.
Storage rooms filled with gunpowder.	Major General Armistead the commander of Ft. McHenry during the 1814 bombardment.
Night vision picture looking out from one of the prison rooms at Fort McHenry. Ironically, during the Civil War, Francis Scott Key's grandson as well other political leaders, were imprisoned here at the Fort for being sympathetic towards the Confederacy.	Light Street Gallery, Baltimore
We met with Linda Krensky owner of Light Street Gallery, where the Delaware inspired painting "Along the Dotted Lines" will be on display.	After leaving Baltimore we headed the Washington, D.C. (Washington Monument)
The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW	Protesters getting tourists involved
Antinuclear Peace Vigil continuously held since 1981	Eternal flame at President John F. Kennedy's Grave inside Arlington National Cemetery
Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a display of uncanny precision	Lincoln Memorial, dedicated on May 30th, 1922
Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States	The United States Capitol
The State Capital, Annapolis Maryland	\ Ocean City, Maryland
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel restaurant/gift shop, once you pay the toll you can redeem your receipt for a free drink.	Dancing along the Chesapeake Bay
Cargo ship crossing over the underwater tunnels where cars drive underneath the shipping channels	The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is 23 miles long and has been called "One of the Seven Engineering Marvels of the Modern World"