Israeli Painting with a Rich History
E.D. from the LA area sends me a photo of this paintings by Charuvi Schmuel (1897-1965) from the 1920’s, of what I believe is an image of Kinneret, an archaeological …
Unmasking the value of a traditional Japanese art form
BR sends me two Japanese masks that she picked up outside of a theater in Kyoto in the 1960’s. She wonders where they fit in with the history of traditional …
Jewelry Designer Calla Gold
Santa Barbara jewelry designer Calla Gold talks about her new book Design Your Dream Wedding Rings: From Engagement to Eternity which drops on Valentine’s Day 2019.
How did a Santa Barbara celebrity artist come to paint the Hudson?
L.S. owns this painting of ships on the Hudson in Upstate New York by a local artist of the late 19th to early 20th century, DeWitt Parshall, NA (1864-1956), at …
Couple’s quarrel: Get rid of this mask!
ES sends me a Sepik River mask – very large – from Papua New Guinea. This mask is causing trouble in her marriage, she writes me. Her partner jumped on …
Through-lines exhibit…then new play “how to Transcend a Happy Marriage”
February 1: Photographers Christopher Broughton, Christy Gutzeit, and Ralph Clevenger celebrate a new photo show at the Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara gallery, Through-line: Brooks Institute, a culture for photographic …
Rembrandt prints: The value may shock you
T.M. has two etchings on paper mounted on a sheet. The bottom of one reads “The Schoolmaster Nr. 190 — 1641 — B.128” and the other reads “Cornelis Claesz Anslo …
Sisyphean Justice exhibit at The Arts Fund
January 25: Three artists, Toni Scott, Kevin Claiborne, and Elisa Ortega, discuss the Sisyphean Justice exhibit at The Arts Fund through March 1.
The history of Southwest style: From Santa Fe to Jersey?!
M.P. phoned the Appraisers Association of America in New York City, of which I am a member. She asked for advice on a piece and they directed her to call …
Mack W Borgen returns
Author and attorney Mack W Borgen returns to celebrate the publication of the third book in the trilogy Dead Serious and Lighthearted – The Memorable Words of Modern America – …