The Nude Male Model
JE owns a “life study” figure by Charles Arthur Fries (1854-1940). Why did Fries, known in his later years for his Southern Californian landscape paintings, sketch a strange little nude …
Blue/Orange & Hole in the Wall
First, Director Tom Eubanks and actors Brian Kolb, Emmanuel Odaibo, and Brian Robert Harris, discuss The Beacon Theater Company’s inaugural production of Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall. Then artist Michael Long …
A Tale of Art Forgery
This week TT came into the office with a nice oil painting signed A.G. Deacon. This oil on canvas landscape, a view of a French vineyard, came with memories, as …
F. Hopkinson Smith: An Artist with Technical Know-How
PS sends me a beautiful oil pastel on paper, signed F. Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915). The painting depicts a canal scene in Venice, but look closer, you will see an amazing …
SCAPE (Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment)
Greg Gorga Executive Director of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, along with artists Carrie Givens and Cheryl Fontana, talk about the SCAPE exhibit, opening July 24.
Material Testimony to the Story an Object Tells: Judaica
DB from Oxnard sent me this photograph of a most beautiful mystery silver item, which appears to be a tea or coffee pot. But in this little item contains a …
Ancient Altar Painting Tells Treasured Story of Abraham and Isaak
JE sent me photos of a wonderful small 8 x 12 oil on canvas, a portrait of the aged Abraham, the father of the little infant at his feet, Isaak. …
Best Song Lyrics of Modern America
Author Mack W. Borgen discusses his latest books and his new presentation of The Best Song Lyrics of Modern America.
High Culture Eagle Devolves to Low Culture Symbol
I possess my own theories about Early American Colonial Design style in the USA in the mid 20th century. I should know. I lived through this most unfortunate era in …
Russian/Santa Barbara artists
Interview with Marianna Mashek, Anastasia Barnet, and Julia Lennon, three Russian artists and art advocates living and working in in Santa Barbara.