Quilts as Modern Art

There is an exhibit that has been traveling around the country – museums, churches, community houses – for the last 5 years or so, “The Quilts of Gee’s Bend”. The quilts were sewn by the women of a small Alabama community. Beginning more than 60 years ago, they created works of art...

Don’t Be Turned Off By The Name

“A History of Violence” – don’t let the name turn you off. This movie is as much about blood as it is about a family that stays together despite outrageous mayhem. It opens as 2 men go to great lengths to avoid paying a motel bill and the plot escalates from there. We meet an owner of a small...

Van Gogh!

The Museum of Modern Art, NYC presents: “Van Gogh and the Colors of Night” Sept. 21 thru Jan. 5, 2009 I think Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) recreated “night” brilliantly – no pun intended. These paintings are so alive, so electric. Fortunately for us, he did a lot of them. More...

Fixed on Red

I am having fun following my steps. I seem to be OK with changing the look of a painting in mid stream. As I’ve progressed, the painting starts to get a little too formal. The last painting seems to have lost some tension. My job is to see if I can revive...

Anthony Bourdain * Traveling Chef

How does he stay so thin? On his Travel Channel TV series, “No Reservations”, author and Chef Anthony Bourdain wanders the world in search of “good” food. He doesn’t use the word “gourmet” – but, he does intone the word “simple” a lot. Plain simple French bistro eats, simple, fiery Indian...