Save the Date: January 6, Wini Brewer at Barbara’s the Brewery
It can put me in a weird place when asked to participate in a show as an artist or curatrix. A lot of the time, I feel it’s more about the asker, who hopes I’ll fall into the trap of shameless self-promotion and by extension give their project exposure, rather than it being about…
UAM CSULB – Songbirds of Today and a History Lesson from Long Ago
Apologies for not including the decoder ring in the title, but UAM CSULB stands for University Art Museum at California State University Long Beach …whew! It’s a hidden gem on the campus and definitely worth discovering if you get the chance. Especially since over several months they will have an offering of three different exhibits within the same…
Ricky Allman’s Abstract Cityscapes at Marine Contemporary
In July, Ricky Allman presented Marine Contemporary with the awesome challenge of exhibiting his painting This Is A Lighthouse. It is the largest work the Venice-based gallery has shown to date and since there was no way the gargantuan canvas was going to fit through the door, they had to stretch it inside of the…
Bill Dambrova’s Worlds of Internal Wonder
Bill Damborva‘s paintings feature wondrous battles that splash out from their canvasses in beautiful bold colors. However, it’s up to the viewer in regards to what exactly they’re witnessing. Are they paintings of guts vs. microbes or something else? To me, they are fantastic narratives of the magical processes that go on inside our bodies…