Articles by Tom Burns
Russell Chatham has constructed a surprisingly elegant life in south central Montana. On the welcome sign, Livingston is heralded as the “original” gateway to Yellowstone. Apparently Gardiner, a tourist town now thriving just outside the …
It was a simple chore, really. Being something of a neglectful gardener, San Francisco photographer Francis Baker was cleaning out some pots whose inhabitants had long ago left the land of the living. As he …
What do people do in Oxford, Iowa? Euchre is popular. Some of the men go “coon huntin’.” Women clean houses and cook – anything from koloches to sliced deer in cream of mushroom soup.
Oxford is …
As I arrived in cold and drizzly Basel, I found the city abuzz. Not only was Art Basel 39 about to start on June 2, the European soccer championship hosted by Switzerland was going to …
Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon
April 12 – October 19
The exhibition examines the development of robot iconography in fine art over the past 50 years. Artists included in the exhibition have responded to the technological …
“I’m scared to death” – curious words coming from an artist who has been a mainstay on the Monterey Peninsula art scene for decades, but Johnny Apodaca is a man in transition. He’s cutting back …
Krawczyk’s first foray into art was a painting class in college. He says he wasn’t all that good at it, but he loved it and kept at it, turning his college room into a mini-studio. …
He was a sixteen year old junkie. Nothing mattered except the drug and a powerful unrelenting need for more. Barry Masteller was a child of divorce. His mother worked hard to take care of him …
Joss Stone has found unconditional love, and she’s sharing it with the world. Her lover has no lips to kiss, no eyes that shine, no smile that says, “Welcome home.” Instead, her beau hits her …
WHY WHY WHY do some people, myself included, wait until the very last possible minute to do something? Contrary to popular belief, I am not a procrastinator. I merely have a lot to do – …
Do you ever latch onto something – a word, a saying, a person, and they become your most favorite thing in the whole world… or at least, for the time being. Thank ‘Gwad’ that I …
Do you ever latch onto something – a word, a saying, a person, and they become your most favorite thing in the whole world… or at least, for the time being. Thank ‘Gwad’ that I …
