Wonderful Big Painter
http://www.mountainparkgallery.com/
http://www.debellefeuille.com/macdonald.html
http://www.odonwagnergallery.com/dynamic/artists/Macdonald_John_public.asp
August 02, 2005
May 06, 2005
Wayne Jiang - all around great artist
Several years ago I bought a small portrait by a relatively unknown artist, tucked away in a small combination cafe, wine store and gallery.
His name is Wayne Jiang and he has great stuff. See his site for a wide range of work. His portraits are warm, rich and insightful. His sketchbooks are terrific - eclectic, playful, strong. Aside from that he is also a graphic designer and ukulele player.
He currently shows at Solomon Dubnick Gallery in the Sacramento area.
Brent Holland
Just saw this marvelous painter at a very nice, relatively new gallery in Seattle, Pacini Lubel.
Brent Holland is an instructor at the Seattle Academy of Fine Art. His work is luminous, intense, emotional and beautiful. Keep an eye out for more from him.
May 03, 2005
"You killed my father, prepare to die"
Just saw Mandy Patinkin at a benefit for the Seattle Children's theater. What a fun night. He was totally over the top in a broadway "jazzsinger" kind of way. But boy, was it fun. Especially singing the Hoakee Poakee, Take Me Out to the Ballgame, God Bless America and others in bold, boisterous yiddish.
Have to say I loved the guy in as Inigo Montoya "The Princess Bride."
May 02, 2005
Darn tootin'
Was on the subway in New York when a young, cool, punky, Asian bike messenger entered wearing this T-Shirt.
It's from Mazeltough.
It says "So Few in Number but Such Great Accomplishments..." on the back. Just ordered mine.
February 27, 2005
Einar and Jamex de la Torre
Saw these guys at the Tacoma Museum of Glass.
What a great museum and what a great exhibition. Not only is their work fun, lively, provokotive and inspired, they are a pleasure to watch and really nice to talk to. They are brothers from Mexico who have worked together for a long time. Worth following...
December 21, 2004
My College Roomate - Harry Potter
So yeah, I co-wrote a book, but it's not nearly as cool as this.
My college roomate and good friend, Ed Kern, an historian at Lawrence college and all around super learned dude, wrote a very, very cool book. The Wisdom of Harry Potter: What Our Favorite Hero Teaches Us About Moral Choices.
As a parent, who's boys love, love, love Harry and talk about him quite a lot, it is great to see a book that is targetted to parents and how they can help use the wonderful lessons in the book with their kids.
Here's a nice interview with Ed about the book and about Mr. Potter.
Congrats Ed!!
October 23, 2004
Les Grands Ballets de Montreal
Really cool ballet. Friends from Vancouver came to visit and raved about this one. Click here.
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For more click here.
Pongo
I like Pongo too. A very cool new site called Pongomania Plus featuring wonderful, playful sculptures made of Pongo (my kids use a very similar modeling clay). More here.