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Conversations with Jack Kerouac in Chinatown

An excerpt from On the Road on a marker in the center of Jack Kerouac Alley, a one-way alleyway in Chinatown, San Francisco, California, that connects Grant Avenue and Columbus Avenue. (Above photo in public domain – This article first appeared in A&F Magazine in Sept. 2018.)     An Essay by Jonathon Kendall Photography by Jessica Beaulieu I first met […]

Martin Lambuth- The Beauty of Old Trucks

BIO  Martin Lambuth’s paintings are about nostalgia and Americana, with the objective to regulate the decay of time, capture a bit of history and allow viewers to delight in past glories before they are forever swept from the landscape. No brushes were harmed in the making of his paintings, as he paints primarily with plastic […]

HOWARD HARRIS – Photographic Constructions & Abstracted Images

Title: No Monkeys   BIO Howard Harris has long been fascinated by both visual perception and design. The Denver native earned a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute and worked in architectural design and space planning before enrolling in Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. There he received a Master of Industrial Design, studying with […]

Denver’s Union Station Dining – Mercantile Restaurant and Provisions

Mercantile is the culmination of Chef Alex Seidel’s two previous ventures, Fruition Restaurant and Fruition Farms. Opened in 2007, Fruition Restaurant is a showcase of Chef Seidel’s passion to create approachable, top quality food without the pretense (and price tag) of fine dining. It is perennially honored as one of the top restaurants in Colorado […]

Merry Christmas – Santa Art by Haddon “Sunny” Sundblom – A New Christmas Dinner Menu

Haddon “Sunny” Sundblom illustrated Santa for the CocaCola Company for years. Haddon “Sunny” Sundblom (1899 – 1976) is the Swedish / American artist best known for the painted images of Santa Claus for The Coca Cola Company. The artist turned to the description in Clement Moore’s poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas” for inspiration. Sundblom […]

CRYSTALS IN ART – an exclusive exhibition at Crystal Bridges Museum of Art

Sacred & Transcendent Hailed as a precious mineral with mysterious and even sacred qualities by many cultures around the world, crystal has been viewed as a substance with the power to help connect people with the divine. The luminous, ethereal, and prismatic qualities of rock crystal have inspired and facilitated spiritual and religious devotion. Many […]

From Sundblom’s Santa… to White Christmas… to Night Before Christmas art.

Thomas Nast’s etching of St. Nicholas for Harpers Weekly Haddon “Sunny” Sundblom (1899 – 1976) is the Swedish / American artist best known for the painted images of Santa Claus for The Coca Cola Company. The artist turned to the description in Clement Moore’s poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas” for inspiration. Sundblom created the […]