General Art Interest
Architects, in designing a building, traditionally combine squares, rectangles, triangles and circles or arcs (the elements of Euclidean geometry) to produce the kind of building you see...
Read MoreArticle, November 14, 2008
"I have a beautiful seascape by H. Gailey, an original oil on canvas, with Collier Art Corporation Certificate #123456. What is it worth? Can you tell me about the artist?" How many times have...
Read MoreArticle, October 1, 2008
When Joseph Cioffi formed the basic concept for Artletics in ’98, it was for him the perfect marriage of his two great passions in life: sports (athletics) and art. Eight years working for Disney...
Read MoreArticle, August 22, 2008
In 1986 I left Minneapolis to return home to San Francisco. I had been teaching in Minneapolis since 1970. Even though I never felt comfortable in that very white city, it was extremely good to...
Read MoreArticle, August 20, 2008
I had left my studio in Pacifica to grab a couple of sandwiches at Sam’s Deli but when I got there, Sam’s Deli had been spirited away and the sign read that a NEW deli would replace it. I liked...
Read MoreArticle, July 29, 2008
Burlingame is 18 miles south of San Francisco. It is a sweet bedroom community populated by homes from the ’20s through the ’50s. Going to Burlingame High School was a unique experience...
Read MoreArticle, November 21, 2007
The police commissioner called it "unconscionable." The mayor called it "outrageous." A congressman called it "appalling." The Attorney General said it was "sinister." Obviously the light-board i...
Read MoreArticle, September 21, 2007
Since my childhood I have always wanted to know who was the originator or who made something their own. I don’t know where this predilection came from but it was and is still with me...
Read MoreArticle, September 14, 2007
A couple of months ago I went to an open studio of FIRE ARTS at the Crucible in Oakland. The vibe was "aren’t we cool?" Cool they weren’t, but lukewarm they were. The event had the quality of a...
Read MoreArticle, August 24, 2007
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