Ceramic Umbrella Stand of the Aesthetic Movement
Years ago RR inherited a tall ceramic umbrella stand shattered in a recent wildfire. She discovered two shards that, when put together like puzzle pieces, read RN 288102 and RN …
Tin Rocking Horse Hazardous But Adorable
RH sent me a children’s sit-on rocking tin horse that lived in his garage for years. He THINKS it belonged to his mom but he’s not sure. I believe this …
ICE BEAR Photographs by Ralph Clevenger
Executive Director Greg Gorga joins photographer Ralph Clevenger to discuss the ICE BEAR Photographs by Ralph Clevenger exhibit at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum through May 31. Watch Video
Chinese Chinoiserie Style, Love it or Hate it
RH owns a Chinese Chinoiserie style coffee table. The top shows a startling scene of ancient Chinese Court life composed of six applied carved semi-precious stone figures. One figure wields …
Barnaby Conrad: A Friend to Writers
OS asked for a dollar estimate for her Barnaby Conrad signed lithograph. When an artist is a huge personality with a legendary past, “comparable sales,” prices paid for past work, …
Nomad Tango goes to the Artwalk
Miriam Larici and Leonardo Barrionuevo talk about their Tango Show Troupe at the Art Walk in La Cumbre Plaza on Friday, March 15 at 6 pm. They’re joined by Mike …
The ORANGE: Perception, Color, and Language
The color orange, a newer color term, is based upon the 14th century European discovery of the fruit. In the foothills of the Himalayas in the 13th century, Persian traders …
Hodge’s Hats
PP confessed to a weakness for vintage hats. For the past ten years she paid $300 a month to store her collection of 1950s hats. She sent me a picture …
Judith Mann and Comic Potential
First, Senior Curator of European Art to 1800, Saint Louis Art Museum, Judith Mann talks about her lecture, Artemisia Gentileschi: New Understandings, at Santa Barbara Museum of Art on Thursday, …
William Caxton Facsimile Edition of The Canterbury Tales
GG sent me a beautiful leather-bound book, The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), The William Caxton Facsimile Edition. Cambridge University Press published only 500 of these in 1973. She …