A great pleasure in life is seeing art. Here are some of my favorite images from a year of museum crawls. Joan Brown Retrospective At San Jose Museum Her enamel self-portraits on masonite were completely different from her earlier, and better-known, work. And she was the star of every canvas. Loved it. At London’s National… Continue reading Seeing Art, 2012
Category: Studio Notes
That’s MY Merry-Go-Round!
I was watching House Hunters International on HGTV yesterday (a guilty pleasure.) The house hunters where seeking a home in Florence, Italy. As they arrived for a meeting with their realtor, they passed a carousel that caught my attention. “I know that merry-go-round,” I thought. I knew the shape and colors of the “crown” around… Continue reading That’s MY Merry-Go-Round!
Overheard In Passing…
I feel like I’m in a Norman Rockwell painting…only with wine. — One tourist to another in downtown Healdsburg this morning. I guess that explains why I frequently paint scenes from my hometown.