Category Archives: Arts

Carmel, California 2013 Watercolor on Arches paper 25″x55″ Ed Vaughan

Whom does he admire among contemporaries? “Difficult to say,” he offers diplomatically. Too few or too many? “Too few, I hate to say it. I am very open-minded but most biennales I find totally uninteresting.” Most of the works in Tate Britain’s show of contemporary painters this winter “looked like paintings made at a desk.Continue reading “Peter Doig. 8 Mar 2014.”

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from the mediocre mind.”

Hans Memling’s portrait of Maria Maddalena Portinari, 1480. On wood. I’ve only seen five Memling paintings in my lifetime and the were all gorgeous. I don’t believe he was a high output painter (thus the five encounters). I always give the edge to him over Giotto or Duccio. It’s a small edge but that speaksContinue reading “Memling. 20 Feb 2014.”

I shot these photos for friends a couple of weekends ago and they just sent copy back. I really like them. And the light was gorgeous.

I can’t get to sleep at night, the parking lot’s so loud and bright, the AC hasn’t worked in 20 years, probably never made a single person cold, I can’t say the same for me, I’ve done it many times.

A real photographer. A real photograph. Fresh in from LA, CA. And they said it couldn’t be done. I say yes. I say ‘Ride ’em.’

Photograph, 2013 20″x26″

On Tuesday, architect Renzo Piano visited Fort Worth to check out the Kimbell Art Museum’s new Piano Pavilion, scheduled to open on November 27. According to KERA News, Piano walked the grounds, tossed a Frisbee with the museum director, and discussed the relationship between the original Louis Kahn building and the new addition. Piano calledContinue reading “Piano. 29 Nov 2013.”