Hotel Allegro Chicago

Downtown Chicago Boutique Hotel

America’s Golden Era is alive and well at the Hotel Allegro. A historic gem in the heart of Chicago’s downtown Theatre District, surrounded by the Loop’s foremost sights like Grant Park and State Street’s shopping Mecca, this boutique haven boasts lavish theatrics all its own. One step through their welcoming doors will transport you back in time to an era of elegant hobnobbing and glamour.

 

@ 2016 Photo Pro - Jeffrey P. Hopp

Japanese Garden

The Beautiful Balance of the Japanese Garden
(Even in the off-season)

@ 2015 Photo Pro - Jeffrey P. Hopp

Light, Shape, & Shadow

Images taken at Meijer Gardens, JW Marriott, & Grand Rapids Art Museum.

@2015 PhotoPro - Jeffrey P. Hopp

Sunday Morning Swans

Rockford Michigan

The Wild Swans at Coole

BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

The trees are in their autumn beauty, 

The woodland paths are dry,

Under the October twilight the water 

Mirrors a still sky;

Upon the brimming water among the stones 

Are nine-and-fifty swans.

The nineteenth autumn has come upon me 

Since I first made my count;

I saw, before I had well finished,

All suddenly mount

And scatter wheeling in great broken rings 

Upon their clamorous wings.

I have looked upon those brilliant creatures, 

And now my heart is sore.

All's changed since I, hearing at twilight, 

The first time on this shore,

The bell-beat of their wings above my head, 

Trod with a lighter tread.

Unwearied still, lover by lover,

They paddle in the cold

Companionable streams or climb the air; 

Their hearts have not grown old;

Passion or conquest, wander where they will, 

Attend upon them still.

But now they drift on the still water, 

Mysterious, beautiful; 

Among what rushes will they build,

By what lake's edge or pool

Delight men's eyes when I awake some day 

To find they have flown away?

Olympus OM-D5II

@ 2015 Photo Pro - Jeffrey P. Hopp

The Art of Reynold Weidenaar

Reynold H. Weidenaar (1915-1985) was an artist from Grand Rapids, Michigan, recognized nationally as well as locally for his technical virtuosity as a draftsman and print maker. He embraced the subject matter and realism of American Regionalist art, though his depictions of the American Scene reflect a uniquely personal, often satirical perspective. Weidenaar is especially known for his mezzotint prints, particularly those of architectural subjects, such as the construction of the Mackinac Bridge.

Leica Dlux-109

@ 2015 Photo Pro - Jeffrey P. Hopp

Leap Of Faith

This imaginative sculpture is located at St. Lukes Episcopal Church in Kalamazoo Michigan.

Leica Dlux-109

@ 2015 Photo Pro - Jeffrey P. Hopp

Conversations

P E O P L E
By Kirk Newman

 ON DISPLAY AT THE KALAMAZOO INSTITUTE OF ARTS

Kirk Newman was born in Dallas, Texas in 1926 and began his artistic career experimenting with abstract sculpture and painting in the exciting post-World War II era. What increasingly intrigued him, however, was the human figure and how it could speak to the complexities of the modern world.

Newman began his exploration of the figure by creating small sculptures of anonymous businessmen. While their suits identified them as figures of power and authority, their crouching, falling, and grasping postures revealed vulnerability. Cast in bronze, the figures took on an unexpected timelessness.

Visit his website here. Or, the Kalamazoo Institute Of Arts here.

Leica D-109
@ 2015 Photo Pro - Jeffrey P. Hopp