What to do with a piano
My mother was a concert pianist, thus I have been intimate with all types of pianos, and appraised pianos for years. Many of my clients DO own an upright, a …
Hengeler and Roeseler Illustrated Flavor of an Era
Two artists received top billing for illustrations in this book, Adolf Hengeler (1863-1927) and August Roeseler (1866-1943). The entire flavor of an era comes contained in this one little book. …
Santi Visalli’s 90th Birthday
Santi Visalli, one of Santa Barbara’s best artists, and the WORLD’s great photographers, celebrates his 90th birthday. Watch the Video
Hotel Hamper Led to Laborious Laundry
JP sent me a photo of a huge linen hamper, four by five-and-a-half feet of woven willow, which indicates a European origin. People saw these beasts in hotel corridors in …
TWO Santa Barbara Creatives
Chella Courington and Claudia McGarry talk about their Creative (with a capitol “C”) lives.
Masking Through the Eyes of Michelangelo’s David
I love my amusing and clever readers who connect historical objects with present day realities. Santa Barbara reader FR sent me a twenty-five inch MASK she collected in Venice in …
835 Kings Road & Tangos and Songs in Black & White
Curator Silvia Perea PhD and photographer Mona Kuhn discuss the 835 Kings Road exhibit at the AD&A Museum (UCSB) through May 1, 2022. Then Argentina’s opera great Luis Lima with …
Porcelain Dish Once Deemed “White Gold”
RE loves her blue turquoise oval porcelain dish with images of two exotic birds. She wonders why she likes it so much. MAYBE because of its VAST history, and at …
Janna Ireland & Taylor Kasch
Photographer and author Janna Ireland talks about her new book Regarding Paul R. Williams: A Photographer’s View. Then Directed by Taylor Kasch discusses Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike running …
How to JUDGE a Painting
JS owns an oil on canvas with no signature. The back reads “Carmel Art Association.” She wonders if I consider the painting good enough for her to do considerable research …