The yellow ‘Meadow Lark’ is a Zen-like sculpture in basswood wood with oil paint that I purchased in my old friend Susan Kelley’s Kelley Roy Gallery in Wynwood, Miami on my last trip. The American sculptor, Henry Lautz, has based his designs on the ancient ‘mound builders’ of West Florida. The namesake cultural trait of …
Staying at the home of my old friend Edmundo in Key Biscayne, there’s been days when I was still in my nightshirt in the afternoon. There’s a regimen to daily life living under Edmundo’s roof, commencing with a soft knock on my bedroom door at eight each morning, followed by Regina announcing “Coffee’s ready!” …
To me, Malibu conjures up memories of my youth; Beach Boys and Surfin’ Safari; movies and errant movie stars. In happily accepting Mike Abraham’s invitation to visit the Getty Italian Villa in Malibu yesterday, I was not expecting to find a museum of priceless Greek and Roman antiquities, all housed in a first-century Roman …
Australians are enjoying a rare long weekend with the traditional Easter extended break coinciding with Anzac Day Public Holiday. In today’s Australian newspaper, Simon Smart writes an excellent column illustrating that “there’s much that links Easter and Anzac Day, and both have a profound power to move us”, and he goes on to say, “Somewhere …
Pam and Ken accompanied me to the retrospective of Papunya Tula Artists at Utopia this afternoon. We were hooked and each walked out as proud owners of Wintjiya Napaltjarri paintings.[simpleviewer gallery_id=”1″ bgcolor=”ffffff” gallery_width =”100%” gallery_height =”600″]