Bonhams 2015

Looking exactly as one would think an auction house should, Bonhams on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles was beautiful even when in transition.  My passion for art and the art world has come full circle:  I began by looking at art; then, learned to be an artist; created art; collected art; sold my art; served on art boards; organized art festivals and shows; judged and curated art; sold the art of others; owned and operated art galleries; helped raise art scholarship funds; created art districts; continued to look at art; and, am now selling my own art collection.  

22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

As a lifelong member of SAG-AFTRA, I consider it a privilege to vote and have seen the more than twenty nominated films recently in preparation.  

Artful Dioramas in Los Angeles

Every school child in Los Angeles, including me, was taken to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County to see the artful dioramas of large North American mammals.  They are still there and do not disappoint. http://www.nhm.org/site/

Feeling nostalgic, I couldn't resist taking time to visit the hall again, including:  bison, grizzly bears, seals, etc.  

Warhol in Malibu

Are we all getting our "15 minutes of fame"?  Artist, Andy Warhol, predicted that before the Internet made it a guarantee. 

 This exhibition at The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University in Malibu features over 80 works from his silkscreen portfolios.  It opened on January 16 and continues through April 3, 2016.  

Controversial photographer, Robert Mappelthorpe, captured Andy Warhol in black and white in 1986.  

Mel's Drive In

Mel's Drive In is an icon on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood.  I couldn't miss the opportunity to stop in with Dickey Boy. I wasn't allowed to go to the Sunset Strip as a teenager as my parents feared the bad influences.   As an adult I frequently visit, as many of my interests are there, including: my agent, live music and theater, auction houses, screening rooms, etc.   Every time I go there, now, it is even sweeter.

  

Who's Your Mummy?

"Mummies - New Secrets from the Tombs," is an exhibit currently at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. 

Ancient Peruvians and Egyptians mummified and honored their dead in different ways starting 5,500 to 7,000 years ago.

 Mummy of an older man, human remains, linen wrappings, Africa, Egypt, c. 700-600 BC

 Figurines were often buried with their dead, ceramic, South America, Peru, AD 1000 - 1400

 Mummy bundle, human remains, textiles, rope, South America, Peru, AD 1000 - 1400 

 Peruvian Pit Burial.  In Peru, people mummified their dead for 6,000 years.  

 Coffin, wood pigment, African, Egypt, 700 - 600  BC 

 Coffin Fragments, limestone, pigment, Africa, Egypt, 664- 30 BC

Coffin, wood pigment, Africa, Egypt, 525- 343 BC

 Coffin Lid, plaster, pigment, wood, Africa, Egypt, c. AD 250

 Mummy of a middle aged woman, human remains, wrappings, Africa, Egypt, AD 385