Spring 2019 Richmond, VA

Morning Light

Cherry Tree

Fallen Blossoms

Secret Trailer

Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar at VMFA

Sponge Holder by Anonymous

Fire Light

On November 8, 2018, the smoke from the destruction by wildfire of Paradise, California filled the skies of San Francisco, 160 miles away. The sunlight filtering through the smoke was red orange. This is the light shining on an off white wall.

The David Ireland House

500 Capp Street in San Francisco's Mission District is both the house the Conceptual Artist David Ireland used to live in and his central work of art. He bought the house from an accordion maker in the 1970s.

He spent the rest of his life working on it when he wasn't teaching. The house dated from the late 19th Century and was well worn. He decided to preserve its dilapidated walls by coating them in many, many layers of polyurethane varnish. He also installed some unique lighting fixtures,

and art that highlighted the walls.

He incorporated the walls' imperfections into pieces.

After the artist's death a patron of the arts bought the house and set up a foundation so that the public could see it. Tours are offered and well worth taking.

When the bureau chief and family toured the house in August pieces by New York Conceptual Artist Tony Matelli were displayed. The smaller of the two metal windows above, made by Matelli, is a homage to the larger window from which Ireland removed the glass and replaced it with a sheet of copper. But he then provided a written description of what one could see through the window if that was possible.

Another Matelli piece highlights the environment.

And finally there is "Josh" which is simply uncanny.

Los Angeles Late September

LACMA.

Across the street lunch time.

Building across the street.

LACMA Art.

LACMA lunch spot.

Huntington Gardens.

Pro-war Kimonos

The De Young Museum in San Francisco has an exhibit titled "Weapons of Mass Seduction: The Art of Propaganda". The most amazing things in the show are children's pro-war kimonos from the later 1930s.

M. Mouse chased by the rising sun.

Knowing how it all turned out makes these objects even stranger.

Art

Found art?

Staged art.

Chocolate sardine art

On Bernal Hill

We walked up to the top of our hill recently. It was a beautiful day. Here's a very orange wagon.

Big bird?

Spikes.

Find the bee.

Stump eye.

Very yellow house.