Yearly Archives: 2009

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A while back I was introduced to an art rep whom I couldn’t help but tell about an article in the April 2008 issue of “Art Calendar” by Jack White, who in 1976 (don’t laugh) was made the official artist … Continue reading →

Did you know that switching from a minor scale melody to one in a major scale makes the listener feel happy? I recently learned about this musical trick—Jacob Gershowitz (aka George Gershwin) did it in his song “Swanee”– when I … Continue reading →

Admit it, you love to spend Sundays driving around and popping into all of the open houses to see how other people live. And if you’re an artist, I bet you love visiting the studios of other artists for the … Continue reading →

Flying back to LA from Washington DC at 36,000 feet without the joy of a window seat is, for me at least, one of life’s little tragedies. I sublimated such a sad event by writing this e-mail and will leave … Continue reading →

Whenever I hear UC Davis mentioned, I never think of art or artists. I think of a friend of mine, Howard who graduated from their famous school of veterinary medicine, a DVM often flying down to South America to bring … Continue reading →

It was an hour before Marsha Effron Barron’s LACMA reception when I found myself sitting outdoors in one of the Museum’s restaurants flanked by two attractive female artists, Clara Berta and Lynne McDaniel. On the table, nothing but empty glasses … Continue reading →

Picture this, around the middle of September 1888 (the year my grandfather was born in northern France), Vincent Van Gogh was reading about a man named Prado, recently caught for murdering prostitutes. In fact, almost everyone was reading about Prado, … Continue reading →

Last week, Tom Wudl mentioned that he had seen two great exhibits at Bergamot Station; one by the artist Jean Lowe at the Rosamund Felsen Gallery and the other by the Israeli artist living in England, Zadok Ben David at … Continue reading →

A few years back, I’d best not tell you just how many years, a rather precocious high school student by the name of Tom Wudl was allowed to take a UCLA extension art class from an artist named Charles Garabedian. … Continue reading →