Looking down the hall at “American Gothic,” the famous Grant Woods painting, currently on exhibit at the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery. (Photography was not allowed inside the exhibit rooms themselves so this was the best I could do.) The gallery is just across what used to be Pennsylvania Ave. from the White House and Old Executive Office building and is currently showing a large amount of Grant Woods' work, including the customized door to his studio in Cedar Rapids, IA, pieces of furniture he made and designed, examples of work from different periods in his life, and, of course, “American Gothic.” It all shows that Woods was a very talented and accomplished almost “renaissance man” of an artist. The exhibit is definitely worth a stop if you're in the area before July 16th, 2006.