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As I walked through the galleries at the North Carolina Museum of Art, trying to figure out which painting out of thousands to write a response on, I have to admit I was stuck. I appreciated all of the art work for its individual style and mood, but nothing specific had spoken to me. Then I turned into the American wing and there hanging on the crimson wall was a vision of tropical paradise. It was Louis Remy Minot’s painting, Landscape in Ecuador. From far away the painting looks like a beautiful indescript landscape. Upon walking closer, however, you first see the giant palm tree in the foreground which tells you that this is a tropical landscape. Although the intended focal point of this painting