As the Twentieth Century dawned, painters could rest upon previous decades of color theory, research,

You’d Be Prettier If You Smiled – Identity, Gender, and Dissonance

The beautiful soft black line of the charcoaled half-burned twig, the luscious red stain of the smashed berries…

We knew before we could explain it, and we knew it needed no explanation – it was right there for everyone to see...

This is a time for thinking about gifts and giving. I have just spent weeks calling friends…

A call went out for Beasties, and the response slipped and slithered in: Creatures from the Black Lagoon, Slithery Serpents from under Black Rocks…

In responding to a friend’s question regarding outsider art and outlier art, my thoughts led me on this, perhaps circuitous route:

As the exhibition, Closely Considered: Diebenkorn in Berkeley draws to a close, there seems to be a quiet moment – a pause between becoming/being and the finite has been…

It is always an awakening to take on someone’s job. We come to appreciate the labor which goes unrecorded…

New York Artist Sharon Louden has energized the Annual Conference for the College Art Association over the past few years by presenting some of the most valuable programming for studio artists…

The great hurdle has been picturing the act of writing a regular missive; the burning question has been whether this could maintain a level of interest for reading…

If you are heading out for parts unknown, a mini-trip through time will launch you at the San Francisco airport. …