welcome back, rothko

  Rothko (Taschen 25th Anniversary Special Edition) by Jacob Baal-Teshuva.  The Portland Art Museum in the background. Mark Rothko (1903-19...

documentating art in caves and on the street

I like to watch documentary films.  This past month I watched two documentaries about art- Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams an...

An inspirational getaway

Klamath Lake After two months of hunkering down at my art desk, I relished the idea of getting out of town and retreating to Oregon's na...

Art is more than just a pretty painting

Yeffe Kimball, Fawn and Spirits , 1942, oil on canvas, 19 in x 29 in, Portland Art Museum, gift of Dr. William K. Livingston. I recently fel...

Interview with artist and art conservator Chris Zahner

Kathy , a collage by artist Chris Zahner If I were a Marvel Comics character,  I'd want to be a superhero by night and an art conservato...

Inspired by Kandinsky

If you're ever in Powell's Books in downtown Portland, you may find me perusing books in the bountiful art section.  Last year, I f...

If walls could talk

An old school picture form and handwritten letters dating back to 1927.  In the French film Amélie , the discovery of a little toy hidden in...

Memories of France captured in paintings

Water Lilies , Claude Monet, 1914. I miss France.  We spent a few weeks of our summer in '98 traveling all over the country. I still hav...

Comparing art: Gérard Dubois and René Magritte

Works by René Magritte (left) and Gérard Dubois (right) The illustrative works of Montréal-based artist Gérard Dubois are featured in major...

Artists I like: Gunta Stölzl

Outside of quilting, I don't have much experience in the fiber arts, but I secretly fantasize about owning my own loom and knitting mach...

Old School 3-D

When I was vintage shopping at the beach the other weekend, I found a box of stereographic cards in one of the antique stores.  I had never...

Aalto utopia in Portland's backyard

When I was in college, I went on a field trip to the Mount Angel Abbey Library , which is about 30 miles south of Portland.  That trip was m...