Portrait of Male face Composed of Nude Women
DD sent me this strange portrait of a male face in profile composed of writhing nude bodies. I KNEW I’d seen this technique before: a mélange of nude women arranged …
A Night with Janis Joplin
Tony-Nominee Mary Bridget Davies talks about Ensemble Theatre Company’s production of A Night with Janis Joplin which runs April 1 – 26. Watch Video
Quality Artistry Of A Amphora Vase
This winter I bought a vacant for years 1919 chalet on Lake Arrowhead. I’m studying its architecture and decorative art of the period. Coincidence? Synergy? Everything I look at trickles …
Author Claudia Landry Hoag McGarry
Author Claudia Landry Hoag McGarry talks about her new memoir, I Wish I had a French Cafe and Almond Croissants, with guest host Richard Dugan. Watch Video
Ashtray With A Mystery Round Thing
Coops sent me a fantastic piece of ancient history—an ashtray, classy looking in silver with a cradles for cigarettes. Now collected in a class of objects called tobacciana, vintage from …
Aquean: Photographs, Paintings, and Prints
Multimedia artists David Ellis and Larry Vigon talk about their Aquean: Photographs, Paintings, and Prints exhibit at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, April 9 – July 26. Watch Video
Bride’s Basket: Silver Or Not?
As a kid JB admired a silver, now tarnished, handled basket with a clear glass lining. She calls it her grandmother’s German silver bride’s basket. It consists of a filigreed …
It’s Complicated by Gerrie Shapiro
Artist Gerrie Shapiro talks about her exhibit, It’s Complicated, through April 5 at Rubenstein Chan Contemporary Art in Carpinteria. Watch Video
Young Buys Like Vintage Original Prints
Young family guy RT wrote that he likes 1940s lithograph prints in a realist style. He picked up online two nudes by Emil Weddige (1907-2001). RT wants to know about …
Weirdest Happenings in the Art World
Santa Barbara appraiser Elizabeth Stewart discusses the weirdest happenings in the art world today. Watch Video