Oldenburg's work is an interesting combination of serious and silly. Spoonbridge and Cherry The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Walker Art...

I heard a voice from Heaven saying unto me, Write. That's from the book of Revelation in the Bible. I once read in a novel, I can't...

Did you know that you can trace the history of Western Architecture in the buildings in New York City? You can, and I’ll show you. This...

September 21, 2019

One year ago I posted this on Facebook' "You may have heard me say I intended to start posting on my blog. You’re probably tired of...

Has this ever happened to you? You're looking for something, something important to you. You know it has to be somewhere but where? At...

I hope you had a great summer, with plenty of reading. Henry James said, “Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; the two most beautiful...

Wednesday, the day before yesterday. August 28, represents a number that has great significance for me and my family. My grandparents,...

Happy Birthday to All Born Under the Sign of Virgo August 19, 2019

I first encountered Joseph Cornell at a show of sculpture at the Whitney Museum. This is the piece I saw; it's titled "Taglioni's Jewel...

I"m having an exhibit of drawings at the Syosset Public Library, with a reception on Saturday, August 10, from 2-4 pm. If you'd like to...

On Wednesday, July 31, Arthur and I celebrated our anniversary. We got married at the home of my Aunt Jan, on the North Fork of Long...

I posted a piece titled The Sea on June 20. That morning the first item in my inbox was a message from WWF, the World Wildlife Fund...

Merry Christmas, six months from now. I thought I'd show you a page from my current project; I'm illustrating some of my favorite...

Happy Birthday, Jessie! 7/9/79 One of My Best Days The original due date for our first child was late in June, but July came and still no...

Here are three artists I adore—I love them so much I’d like to be them but, oh, right, I gotta be me. What I mean is, I look at their...

My friend, Jim, took his elderly father to the beach.. The old man sat all day watching the waves and as the sun began to set he said,...

Sunday is Father’s Day, so here’s an album of some of my favorite Dads. This is my grandfather, Harry Brown, with my mother and her big...

One of the highlights of my week is opening the mailbox and seeing the New Yorker cover. It’s alway a treat. Sometimes it’s just a nice...

Here is a painting that has fascinated me for years. Young Virgin Spanking the Infant Jesus In Front of Three Witnesses by Max Ernst,...