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Smile, Enzo
Dancer-Bronze at the Cummer Museum Enzo Torcoletti always has a smile when he sees you. He lives in St Augustine but I met him in Jax as he seems to show up at every opening of all the artists he knows. He is the most supportive and loving artists I know. His work is...
Nailed It!
Thom's Black Conte portrait It's such a pleasure to see Thom Buttner when he shows up to our Tuesday Night Portrait session at the Art League. My parting comments to him after a session include, "Nailed it!". I really admire his drawing skills and always learn from...
Epic
Van Arno puts everything but the kitchen sink in there. If I were to describe Van Arno's work as Epic Lowbrow Historic Surrealism it would not say enough. I met him back in my Holyland days in Los Angeles and we were friends from the start. We worked on a few things...
Cluck!
This was the first artwork I saw by Molly Riefler. She came across my FB feed as a friend of a friend so I guessed she was local. I searched out more of her stuff here and found an old fashioned drawing style by a young woman which reminded me of The Fleischer Bros....
Family Home Ritual
Minor event with blowout I saw Franklin Ratliff's work in 5 Points and immediately was drawn to the haunting familiarity of the images. Like old family photos out of a shoebox, like my family, but not. I bought this one and another which hang next to the front door....
Artists are beautiful
Having an extremely non-productive day Whether they are onstage or in the studio and the moment hits when it all comes together you can see their halo. I am fortunate enough to know many artists personally. I buy their art. I am drawn to the flame. On this Blog, for...
Quiet
It takes a lot of work to be quiet.I once asked a very prolific artist how he managed to create so much work. His reply, “You have to learn to shut out the noise”.He is a metal sculptor with a studio in a big city so I assumed he was speaking about the cacophony of...
Browns Grove Project
In 2007 I inherited a partial interest in a parcel of land in East Palatka on the banks of the St. Johns River through the death of my father, a Florida native. On this parcel was a 2 story “L” cracker house, a barn and a “boat house”. In the house were stacks of...
The Endurance and the Redemption of Crisis
Introduction You may have never heard of Earnest Shackleton and his heroic expedition on the ship Endurance to reach the South Pole (Aug 1914-Aug 1916) because it was largely overshadowed by the events of World War I or because it was a complete disaster. Either way,...
Th3Rivers Featured Artist: Brett Waller
Brett Waller is an artist, designer and program director of IAM Residency.Born in Pascagoula, Mississippi, he received a degree in Sculpture and Extended Media from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has worked in Film and Production Design in Los Angeles for 30...