A few weeks ago a guy commissioned me to do a painting of his relatives’ Beverly bungalow. They were about to put the house up on the market and move out of town and he wanted to give them a picture to remember their home by. I like working from life best, but it would’veContinue reading “Places I’ve Lived”
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Bartender
I haven’t bartended in fifteen years. It wasn’t the happiest experience when I did. Last night I was back at it. The Skylark’s not the Blue Light and I’m not the same guy I was all those years ago either. It was busy enough, with Memorial Day today, that I didn’t have much time to rest.Continue reading “Bartender”
Panoply of Portraits
My portrait show opens at Rogers Park Social in August so I’ve been busy making sure the walls won’t look bare. Published this week: reviews of a documentary about David Hockney, a first-hand history of the LA punk scene, and a book trying to unravel truth from fiction in the life of world-class character Joe Gould.