by Ann Landi | Mar 5, 2018 | Under the Radar
Though he grew up poor in a part of rural southern Ohio that falls within the cultural swath known as Appalachia, Jerry McLaughlin was a precocious kid who learned to learned to read at the age of 18 months. A few years later, after his mother bought a set of the...
by Ann Landi | Mar 5, 2018 | Features
If you catch a set decorator’s eye, it just might happen As readers know, I have developed a peculiar fascination with the art featured in shows on the big and small screens—who chooses this work? where do they find the art? what are the guiding factors behind...
by Ann Landi | Feb 26, 2018 | Under the Radar
Peter Roux believes an attraction to landscape, one of the principal motifs in his work, may stem from the many upheavals of his childhood. His father was a career marine and for the first 12 years of his life the family moved on average once a year. “I think I was...
by Ann Landi | Feb 26, 2018 | Poetry
After the painting by Berthe Morisot Andrea Watson Enter the yellow house at 5 Rue Guichard: Step through the Salon: Glimpse the terrace— Edma Pontillon, past-dawn, in her morning dress, Lily-woman among the half-closed flowers. She does not feel your eyes, the subtle...
by Ann Landi | Feb 20, 2018 | Features
I have to say—these were even better than last year, though when I asked for some relief from all the dogs and cats pouring in, a few members got a little smart-assed and sent vacuum cleaners and coils of clay. No matter. We now have a separate category for “Inanimate...
