It’s Fancy-dancy car week on the Monterey Peninsula. People come from all over to see expensive rides and rare, souped up and spiffy cars. I am not a car enthusiast. Sure, I like Minis and VW Bugs… I think they’re[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” … if you are an art store… or office supply store. Glue, paper, pencils, rulers, paint, pens… oh, the joy! My first Back-to-School as an art manager was a lesson in buying.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s Leonard Baskin’s birthday. He was a printmaker, bookmaker, illustrator, and sculptor. His birds inspire me. Whilst as UCSC, I would work in the Baskin Studios at Porter College… and I never bothered to look up WHO “Baskin” was… and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I look back with fondness those years of going back to school AFTER Labor day. However, too much free time for kids… that’s another story. Kids seem to spend a lot of time not doing homework and studying… and more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My first academic painting was of Fred Astaire dancing… it was very animated and was quite proud of it. I felt it really captured him. It was chosen to be in Palomar College’s art magazine that year… but I was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
