Many years ago, in two consecutive years, I participated in art auctions to benefit the Venice Family Clinic in Venice, California. This plate was made for the second of those events. I have no idea who bought it, or, what has become of this item. “Putti and Shoes” (circa 2000)Decorated ceramic plate13″ oval
Author: Beau
Painter, designer (print and digital) since the twentieth century.
Streptococcus
Woke up this morning feeling very ill. Yesterday my throat felt sore, now it seemed nearly swollen shut, and I had a fever.At the corner doc-in-a-box, I was examined by a handsome physician (there apparently is no other kind) who told me my tonsils were swollen, and that the right tonsil was very swollen. A… Continue reading Streptococcus
Thirty Years On
“Help the aged.” Recently, going through a mix of moderately well archived images, and, shoe boxes filled with random c-prints, I hit an early ’90s vein. One among these ‘documents’, an honest, and frank selfie–or, a self portrait, as we used to call them. I thought “Gee, let’s compare the younger me with the now… Continue reading Thirty Years On
Mastodon and Me
A Mastodon social media account I’d created five, or, six years ago (and, long neglected) has again caught my attention. While Twitter may be burning, a lot of folks I know –in real life, and otherwise– are there fiddling away as vine-riddled arches crumble and travertine façades crash to the ground. I’m there too, lurking… Continue reading Mastodon and Me
Harold Rosenberg Quote
The United States today is governed by professional illusionists. Not only are officials elected through campaigns of image-building based on fiction and caricature, but once in office their actions are decided not by anticipating consequences to the nation and/or humanity but by the kind of image those actions will enable them to present to the… Continue reading Harold Rosenberg Quote