Bunnell Followed His Own Path
The top art dealers that shaped the way we show and represent art and artists include: Paul Durand-Ruel Joseph Duveen Peggy Guggenheim Edith Halpert Julien Levy Pierre Matisse Paul Rosenberg …
The Peaceful Sea: Paintings by Kevin A. Short
Executive Director Greg Gorga, Director of Collections & Curator Emily Falke, and contemporary artist Kevin A. Short talk about Santa Barbara Maritime Museum’s new exhibit, The Peaceful Sea. Watch Video
War Waged Over Painted Furniture
JD sent me an interesting lingerie chest someone painted wild green with floral designs. She asked: when the painting happened, and more importantly why? And she wants to know about …
Movies & Million-Dollar Mansions: Silent movies made in Montecito
Author Betsy J Green drops by to talk about her latest book, Movies & Million-Dollar Mansions: Silent movies made in Montecito.
Giving Versus Selling or Donating
A client inherited a great contemporary work. Another told me about a plein air painting, owned by her grandfather since 1930, in her possession for fifteen years. Both clients want …
Demijohn Origin Myths
HT owns a thirty inch tall Demijohn, sometimes called a Dame Jeanne bottle, twenty inches in diameter. The vintage green glass bottle comes with a maroon glass stopper custom made …
Latinx Arts Project / Artes de Proyecto Latinx
Leslie Westbrook, Adriana Arriaga, and Ruth Ellen Hoag talk about the Latinx Arts Project, created to celebrate the important Latinx history of Carpinteria. Watch Video
Brancusi Sculptures Seem to Fly
JE found this copper sculpture in a thrift store. She believes it looks like a Brancusi. It kind of does, but it misses something significant. It does not FLY. The …
Adrian Stewart Master Watercolorist
Watercolorist Adrian Stewart talks about painting and art.
Compotes Carry Southern Tradition
My Southern clients, with long family ties to Charleston or New Orleans, always astound me. These Santa Barbara transplants, who’ve lived in Santa Barbara for generations, own great silver, textiles …