"They say your walls should look no different than your work, but that is only a feeble prediction of the future. We know the ego is the true maker of history, and if it isn't, it should be no concern of yours." - Larry Rivers and Frank O'Hara, HOW TO PROCEED IN THE ARTS, 1955.

Plenty of prediction and predilection going on in the Art Rocks! studio that late December evening, one of the last of 2007. Does my criticism "sound" no different than the work I see, perhaps it is a feeble prediction of the San Diego art scene. But I don't believe so. The artists I spoke of are diverse (obviously) in style and content, intelligent, hard working, dedicated and committed to their craft, to their job as artist and to their art. I would even go as far to say that they are devoted to the audience(s) they exhibit their work before. As a viewer, one should never forget that it is also a privilege to view an artist's work as it is for the artist to make it. This also goes for what I call all the "lookers" and "non-buyers" out there whose civic duty (ok, a "viewers" responsibility) to support and buy - yes I said it - buy the artwork, if you it so moves you. There's no time like the present as they say and definitely never too late.

Finally, there might be some out there that believe I am "risking it all" (what I'm not exactly sure) by my appearance(s) on Art Rocks!, viewed by those same few that the show's content is less than fulfilling and while I am for the most part in agreement, it is a service to the art community and its players that is indeed talk - radio talk - but is much more valuable for being pro-active than non-active. I say let the cards fall where they may and let the listener, like the viewer, decide for themselves.

For a link to this broadcast, please listen here.