C.J. Cook on the South Pacific
Author and historian C.J. Cook talks about his collection of art from the South Pacific. Watch Video
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 …