Star Light, Star Bright
Tonight see the first shooting star of the Perseid meteor shower, whose impressive display should peak through August 13.These girls on the roof in Carmen Lomas Garza's painting Beds for Dreams look like they are making their wishes already. The two girls represent Lomas and her sister when they were young.
Pictured: Carmen Lomas Garza, born 1948, Beds for Dreams, 1985, gouache on paper, 28 1/8 x 20 1/2 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program.
Tonight see the first shooting star of the Perseid meteor shower, whose impressive display should peak through August 13.These girls on the roof in Carmen Lomas Garza's painting Beds for Dreams look like they are making their wishes already. The two girls represent Lomas and her sister when they were young.