Divine Dissatisfaction

Divine Dissatisfaction

This inspiration appeared again today. Timely. Timeless. I want to share it with you: what MARTHA GRAHAM wrote to AGNES DE MILLE touches the deepest part of an artist’s life… According to Agnes de Mille, from her book, Martha: The Life and Work Of Martha...
BLACK GOLD – Mystery Petroleum Mosaic- UPDATE

BLACK GOLD – Mystery Petroleum Mosaic- UPDATE

UPDATE: April 1 2015 Its been three years since I began the investigation and wrote this article “Black Gold: Thar’s Oil in them Thar Walls” for MosaicArtNOW. It’s a veritable mystery tour of the discovery of a brilliant midcentury mosaic by...
TIN FOIL Surrealism

TIN FOIL Surrealism

Excellent vintage footage of SALVADOR DALÍ doing some crazy tin foil alchemy to honour of his incarnation as the divine SUN GOD HERMES. Accompanied by avant garde jazz flute and sax music. VIEWING TIME: Under 2 minutes. I totally dig his Pentagonal Helmet. (Note to...
King of Cool Funds the Pool

King of Cool Funds the Pool

After 12 years in limbo, the reinstallation of “Brotherhood of Man” a 1968 mosaic mural by artist Anthony Stellon is now re-located at Franklin Square Park (16th & Bryant Streets) in San Francisco, California. The mural’s original site was the...
Stereogranimator – a vintage modern perspective

Stereogranimator – a vintage modern perspective

I’m a photo junkie. I’m working on my archive of more than 20,000+ photos of architectural tile and mosaics sites, collected over the past 20 years. We are categorizing, keywording and getting all up in to the metadata. It’s a big job! Many libraries...

Radio Story on the Petroleum Club Mural

My investigation about a mystery mosaic found behind old paneling in a storage unit at the old Wilshire Grand Hotel, (published for Mosaic Art NOW) got picked up by a number of architectural and modernist LA-centric blogs. Kevin Ferguson, Producer of “Off...

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