Links
(click on image or website link)

James Avati, Rudolph Belarski...
great site that features paperback covers from the 50's & 60's
http://www.vintagepbks.com
































Lisa Iaboni
Squalor, mess, unhappiness – a rubber band holding the radio together, a
hole punched in the sheetrock, a Brittany Spears poster -
You know, life.
http://www.afonline.artistsspace.org







































William Knipscher
The somber, poetic infrastructure that supports us humans, sub rosa, in the
age of information.
Beautiful name of one of Mr. Knipscher’s portfolios ; Evening's  Empire.
http://www.williamknipscher.com














Simone Gad
You had me at Betty Page ! Certain images in a collage can  sort of open
up the door to the mind and let the other images in.  But that’s a  linear
thought  -   In collage it’s all about Mind, moving, playing on the surface,
surface playing on the mind. It’s important that the images be gorgeous ,
rich, and laden with meaning(s), like the ones Ms. Gad has chosen.
http://www.afonline.artistsspace.org






Gregory Packard
American Impressionism, bursting with color and life.
http://www.gregorypackard.com




Jason Hanasik
Mr.Hanasik performs the sacrament of communion with and for his family
and friends.
To view these photographs is to be pierced with beauty and pathos.
http://www.jasonhanasik.com











Andrea Kantrowitz
...has the eye of an artist and the soul of a biologist. Maybe it's the other
way around - beautiful light & color in these  still - lifes - if you can use that
term for images that are so organic.
http://www.andreakantrowitz.com





Murray Hubick
His various websites have been under construction, so click on his name to
see  some nudes I really love












Helen Levitt
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/helen_levitt
Big hero of mine - first time I ever felt warmth & humanity
conveyed (brilliantly & unselfconsciously) in visual art. I was blown away by
a show of hers in Manhattan in the early eighties (Laurence Miller Gallery
?) and wrote to her - she wrote back & we met. I remember that her
village apartment was like a late-fifties/early sixties time capsule ; kidney-
shaped tables and stuff. She smoked Carltons. Speaking of a time when
she was doing a lot of film editing, splicing film all day, and not
photographing much, she said, "Well, you can really only do one thing at a
time".Coming from a great artist, that's some consolation when I'm beat
from doing contracting work, and not getting much done in the
studio.                             
Wolf Kahn

The simplicity of his
paintings is welcoming, -  
it's kind of a relief

  Jeff Koons

His pieces deflect meditation - they're funny, airy, light, shiny.   -
 ( I'm trying to avoid "kitschy" and "banal").  They play on our
desire for things -    In my mind his pieces all seem to be shiny
& reflective - we can desire them, but not enter into them  -
they're poised for purchase - that's our world, that's where the
vitality of art is - he hasn't filtered it out because it may seem
distasteful.
                                          
                            
                        
                           
 Tony Millionaire
       God knows when Tony Millionaire started 'maakies', but I remember
excitedly telling someone about it
fifteen years ago ! So he's been doing this
hilarious, beautifully realized art, day after day, week after week, for at least
fifteen  years.
           maakies click for site
                                                  Uncle Gabby Rules !