The Future Art Collectors of Los Angeles

Today I was at LACMA to pick up some of my paintings from the gallery. The paintings were rolled out to the van on a cart and as I was lifting one from the cart to slide into the van I heard a child's voice call out, "I want that one!" I looked up to see about a kazillion school kids all lined up on the walkway above looking down at us and waving and pointing while they waited in line for their tour to start.

They all started calling out with rising enthusiasm and they began making offers in exchange for artwork. They offered schoolbooks, games, and toys. One offered his hair and another offered her little brother. I kept loading artwork into the van, slowly, since I was enjoying the positive feedback, and the children started pulling money out of their pockets and waving it in the air, still trying to strike a deal.

In time I had the van loaded and the children had to go since their tour was starting....it was a lot of fun while it lasted.

Hurricane Relief at Zazzle

In response to the devastating aftermath of the recent Gulf Coast Hurricanes, Zazzle is launching a new gallery to help raise awareness and funds for those in need. By combing the donation of the artist's royalty and an additional 10% of product sales from this gallery, a total of 20% of sale proceeds will be going to designated non-profits actively engaged in the relief efforts.

Here is a link : Hurricane relief at Zazzle

Art of Human Spirit

I saw the "Art of Human Spirit" Exhibition at LA Artcore Brewery Annex. Artists included Mark Griffin, Aaron Landman, Tony Mosca, Seihu Nishijima, John Outterbridge, Kenji Shiiokava, and Matthew Thomas.

I especially enjoyed Aaron Landman's work. His previous drawings have provided the sensation of going into and moving outward simultaneously, in a bit of an Op Art way. He has carried this theme forward (literally sometimes) by adding some dimension to the work in some very tricky ways. They are playful and adventurous and intriguing.

Fires

While firefighters were getting the fires in Topanga and Thousand Oaks under control a little fire blazed up in northern Burbank. John Van Vliet got these pictures of the super scooper in action over the crest of the Verdugo Hills.

A couple of shots from Friday's Opening: LACMA Art Rental and Sales Gallery

The LACMA ARSG opening reception took place on Friday. Here are a couple of images taken by John T. Van Vliet at the opening.

Saturday, Sept 10

Of the many, many openings yesterday I only managed to get to TAG and to George Billis Gallery. I have a small cold, not much but enough to slow me down.

At George Billis Gallery we saw Alexandra Eldridge, Carol Es, and Suzan Woodruff. I like that there are more galleries in Culver City these days and on a Saturday evening there are people strolling from exhibit to exhibit.

At TAG we saw Rhoda Holabird's paintings inspired by her visits to Santorini and the molten forces that inhabit the depths of the Aegean Seas.

Also exhibiting there is Anne Ramis. Her work looked like ink on paper and they had that ink blot characteristic of taking on projections of the viewer. I saw, among other things, a rocking horse, a tricycle, lots of animal faces and trees and wind and water.

It was a really nice evening. On the way back to the car there was a gentleman sitting in a hammock type chair hanging from a small tree in his front yard. I remarked that he looked comfortable. He said he was and went on to say that he could even lie down in it. I said that was a nice feature and he went on to say that he got the hammock chair for $80.00.

Postage Stamps from Zazzle

Zazzle now offers stamps created by it's contributors to the general public for purchase.



To see more stamps go here.