“Africa.dot.Com: drums 2 digital” * Feb 6 – June 1, 2008

                             People to people connections: from traditional drums to – cell phones, text messaging, computer IM. This interactive exhibit explores the major change in communication in Africa due to technology. “Africa.dot.Com: drums 2 digital” MoAD...

People I Know: In Paint and Words – - Published!!

Following my advice given to others “freely” I have just completed and published a book of my paintings. The paintings are of people, most created in my studio with conversation I imagined them having. This has been a fun project and intend on doing another (larger) book shortly. I used the...

Viva Las Vegas * 2/8 – 10/15/08

                        Not just a city for poker, slots and all you can eat brunch, Las Vegas, NV will host “American Modernism” at the Bellagio Hotel Gallery of Fine Arts from Feb. 8 to Oct. 15, 2008. More than 30 paintings featuring works of Georgia O’Keefe,...

Feb 5 – “Super Tuesday”

                                        Nope – I don’t mean the massive, intense attack of the Presidential Primaries on 2/5/08 (29 states on the same day) – I’m referring to the pre Lenten celebrations such as, Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras,...

“Tradition as Innovation in African Art”

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Jan. 27-Nov 2, 2008                            The exhibition will include the works of more than thirty African artists from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. LACMA – Ahmanson Bldg – 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA,...

2008 Resolutions "The Back Yard"

Just for fun, we took a trip up north to look at some of the red mountain in Sedona and have a little lunch at the Red Planet Diner. Sedona is a tourist stop with to many gift shops, but all you need do is raise your eyes and see the real reason for being`there. This is a photo I took away from the...

“Because of you there’s a song in my heart…”

                                    The song “Because of You”, number #1 pop single of 1951, was my introduction to Tony Bennett. My mother loved that song and when my mom loved a song, she would play it over and over. (I occasionally shock myself when I...