Kansas City is one of the country’s best-kept secrets. Its at an interesting crossroad: its where the rust belt ends, meeting up where southern hospitality begins. So its an old gritty city with history and beautiful architecture like any mid-west or eastern city, but the people speak “southern,” and they are just as friendly as […]

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I slept in the van last night. Except for the high winds, I had a good sleep. Staring out the back windows, they became a surreal canvas of swaying trees in the gusty night. Then I had lovely visions of my booth and all my art going up like in the Wizard of Oz (I […]

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I don’t know where to begin… Yesterday was a mind-blowing day - First I meet a TV legend then I’m almost killed.
In the afternoon I met one of my collectors whom I’d been wanting to meet for some time. Earl Hamner is the creator/producer of TV’s The Waltons (and later Falcon Crest, plus he wrote many […]

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Doing shows is a great way to meet people who are willing to go shooting with me. I know virtually nothing about them when we finally get together to shoot, but thats when I get to know them. A year ago I met the unassuming Jeff Eastin and got his number, telling him I’d call eventually. A […]

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Had a great time with my friends Gerry and Blair last night. 
Now its 5am, and here is my scene: I’m in bed at my New York City hostel with my laptop, working on a project. There are sixteen beds in this room. One guy has been snoring loudly for a couple of hours; another guy […]

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Went for dinner and drinks last night with Ernesto (my web guy) and his wife Danielle, and had a ball. It was nice to have a bit of the weekend. We went to the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, a popular pedestrian street that has become a tourist destination, in large part for its […]

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Kalo, the artisan I stayed with last night is an interesting fellow. He has really dodged the rat race. His wife and son live in Thailand, where he spends 6 months of the year - he works here selling his fiber the other 6 months. He takes this money back to his family, and he […]

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I’m running around like a headless chicken preparing for my 2 first shows of the year: Santa Monica Arts Festival this weekend, then New York City’s artexpo next weekend. My web designer, Ernesto, is asking for my first blog so he can set up the page on my site, and I’m trying to find the […]

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