Poached Eggs and Bingo

When I was a child, it was not unusual for my maternal grandparents to take my sister, Barbara, and me on the occasional day trip. It was always something to look forward to — I was close to Nan and Pop and they would inevitably spoil us. I was a middle-schooler whose teeth would not …

The kids and de Kooning

I recently came across an article on Artsy.net titled, “Willem de Kooning on How to Be an Artist.”  I am a big fan and consider him to be the best of Abstract Impressionist-era artists, although de Kooning  eschewed the idea of pure abstraction, choosing to incorporate figures into his work, albeit in highly distorted forms. …

Curatorial Conversationalist

Click here for the web version of my profile of Mariah Rockefeller, Art Museum of Southeast Texas curator, from May 2019 ISSUE magazine. The full layout is available by clicking on the image below.