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City of neighborhoods, San Francisco

After our great chat in her studio (see post), painter Anna Conti and I hopped the “Muni” (trolley) and traveled from her neighborhood, “The Avenues” to downtown San Francisco to see her work at Newmark Gallery and to check out a few more venues. It was cloudy in “The Avenues” near the bay but bright and sunny just a few miles away. Did I mention in that other post that midway through our talk in Conti’s studio the city’s tsunami warning alarm went off? It sounded like a typical firehouse fire alarm or one of those Civil Defense warning sirens. ... More » »

San Francisco chronicles, part 1

In and out of the studio with Anna ContiWhen we drove to San Francisco from Pacific Grove on Aug. 2, the day was to be my art day. I was meeting Anna Conti, artist and blogger, at her home studio. And then, icing on the cake, the two of us would check out what was in the SF galleries, including a group show, “San Francisco Cityscapes,” at Newmark Gallery in which she had ten paintings. I’m a big fan of Conti’s writing — it’s warm and enthusiastic, focused on the local scene and on all the raging issue working artists ... More » »