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Kazaan Viveiros – Works on Paper

( Art )

 
Cherry Blossom Branch, 2008, Acrylic and pencil on paper, 30 x 22

Broken Leaves, 2008, Acrylic and pencil on paper, 30 x 22

Thicket V, 2008, Acrylic and pencil on paper, 2008
One of my favorite finds at the recent Los Angeles Art Show was Market Fine Arts, a gallery visiting from New York City. They have a [...]

Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting

( Art )

Fields and Furrow, 2002, oil on canvas, Private Collection San Francisco

 Hot Dog Stand, 2004-05, oil on canvas, Thiebaud Gallery

 Two Kneeling Figures, 1966, oil on canvas, Collection of Paul LeBaron Thiebaud

Watermelon Slices, 1961, oil on canvas, Private Collection
 
While in Palm Springs this last weekend, I went to  the Wayne Thiebaud exhibition at the Palm Springs Art [...]

Lautner’s Harpel Residence (1956)

All Photos: Romi Cortier
 
The Harpel Residence, built by John Lautner in 1956, sits high  in the Hollywood Hills overlooking the San Fernando Valley. Working along side master builder John de la Vaux, who frequently worked with Lautner on his complex building systems, owner Willis ‘Bill’ Harpel acted as the subcontractor pouring all the concrete himself. 
Recently restored [...]