Adam Belt at Quint Gallery

for Riviera Magazine; July issue, 2007

Younger artists dream of a moment like this; a first solo show at a major contemporary art gallery.  It’s a shot at the big time. Read more

A Vision of Wonder: The Art of Gayle Sharabi

Ghostly forms fill the canvases and drawings created by Israeli-American artist Gayl Sharabi.  These forms, shown in thickly painted outlines barely separable from the ground that surrounds them, reveal themselves to be contours of women, of bottles, and of women in bottles.  Read more

“Sergey Shaevitch: 21st Century Life Imagined”

It’s hard to envision a more delightful set of paintings than those produced by Sergey Shaevitch. The colors, lines and shapes that occupy his abstractions intertwine among themselves as though in a dance inspired by the music of a smile. Read more

Quint Gallery and “Heavy Light”

for Riviera Magazine, December, 2006

Of all the possible roles to play at the top of the art world, the least appreciated belongs to the contemporary art gallery. It’s the portal through which new art is seen for the first time by more than a few of the artists friends. It’s also the mechanism by which most artists earn their living. Read more

Erwin Redl - Matrix II at MCASD

Imagine, for a moment, that you’re sitting at your computer. Maybe you’re reading texts and charts, watching a video, listening to music, or playing a game. In all cases, what you’re experiencing is the outer skin of so-called ‘cyberspace.’ Read more

LUX INSTITUTE

for Riviera Magazine; December, 2007 

 A new kind of museum experience arrived in the San Diego region with the recent opening of The Lux Institute, located in Encinitas.  Unlike most museums, its aim is not to amass a large collection of already existing art or to cultivate  peoples’ appreciation of art through static exhibitions.  Instead, its focus is on the creative process itself; on why and how artists make art in the first place.  Read more