Monthly Archives: January 2010
News from the outside world
Photographer Rafael Cardenas was at the gallery for the opening of the exhibit at Bert Green’s Gallery in Los Angeles last Wednesday, and kindly sent me his photo of my piece As the Crow Flies with me in it being … Continue reading
New
A new semester begins today, with fresh faces in the classrooms. I love teaching! After being my children’s father, and alongside my painting work it’s the most valuable thing that I do. I’m not feeling the transitions from vacation to … Continue reading
Time
I don’t know how to stretch the day to be even more productive. This day was taken by some very pleasant events that were thoroughly enjoyable and laid groundwork for the future, but meant that I simply couldn’t get any … Continue reading
Lights
I’m in Santa Barbara working with John Blondell on his production of Beckett short plays. I’ve always loved working with John, because he has a wild imagination and is open to all the totally off the wall idea we can … Continue reading
Jacket
The vertical monitor is incredibly helpful! I’m  so happy to have it to use as a tool. The boxes are nearly complete for the Beckett plays, so we’re well on the way to getting the pieces up and running for … Continue reading
Treat
A fantastic surprise arrived in the studio today – a sideway monitor that I can plug my computer into for showing reference pictures – now I can see images vertically instead of horizontally. This matters because it allows me to … Continue reading
Bert Green Fine Art opening reception
Good times in down town Los Angeles. There was a good turnout for the opening reception tonight, and with Artwalk tomorrow we’ll see a really big crowd at the gallery. The crows were very popular, and a couple of them … Continue reading
Sun in the Dawn Sky
After another busy day taking care of administrative stuff for the coming year I made it to the studio with my friend Rich Brimer, the landscape painter, where we spent a pleasant hour together. I painted while he sat and … Continue reading
Hillcrest
After a busy day taking care of administrative work for the new semester I took two paintings to the Hillcrest Center for the Arts in Thousand Oaks (Civic Center Drive Thousand Oaks, CA 91360)Â for a show there. I was last … Continue reading
Lecture for Delta Kappa Gamma
I thoroughly enjoyed giving a lecture to the Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority yesterday – I was invited to talk about museums and what we look at when we visit them. I’m posting my lecture:Â What are you looking at? as a … Continue reading