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A Lifetime of Art

Satoru Abe opens a permanent collection for his work
At 82, Satoru Abe considers himself a little too old to be an artistic nomad, moving from gallery space to gallery space, at the mercy of landlords and rising costs of rents.
He thought he’d found a lucky spot when he moved into a church-owned space at 888 [...]

October-November 2008 | Nadine Kam | 0 comments | Continued
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Art Advisers

Choose the right pieces for your business with Fine Art Associates
For centuries, art collections have tended to separate life’s winners and losers, and even among corporations, it’s easy to see who has the resources to invest in what some might deem a non-essential endeavor, by simply looking at the amount of artwork on view in [...]

August-September 2008 | Nadine Kam | 0 comments | Continued
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Meet Peter Lik

Australian photographer finds art in Hawaii and nature
You may find him roaming the beaches of Maui, climbing the mountains of Colorado or scouring the deserts of Australia on a quest to take the perfect picture. He is sometimes spotted in his straw cowboy hat and a sleeveless vest, but also can be found in a [...]

June-July 2008 | Matt Tuohy | 0 comments | Continued
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Out of the Woodwork

Explore the artistry of Ron Kent
Ron Kent started his woodworking career using found woods such as driftwood washing ashore and old plywood lying on the side of the road.
It’s a habit he hasn’t changed in 40 years of turning out art forms marked by elegance and polish, a far cry from their often humble origins.
One [...]

April-May 2008 | Nadine Kam | 0 comments | Continued
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Chinese Treasures

Robyn buntin sheds light on collectors’ fever
As relics of the past, you’d think early art and antiquities would be free from the current trends that drive retailers.
Not so. Just ask Robyn Buntin, who’s been in the business of dealing with fine art from Asia and the Pacific for 27 years. He’s witnessed many a bubble [...]

February-March 2008 | Nadine Kam | 0 comments | Continued
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The Painter & The Potter

A retrospective year for ceramist/painter Charles Higa
After spending five decades as a painter and ceramist more focused on creating and teaching than the limelight, Charles Higa seems genuinely surprised to be, at 72, at the center of a couple of major exhibitions this year.
His work was the subject of a summer retrospective at The Contemporary [...]

October-November 2007 | Nadine Kam | 0 comments | Continued
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Visual Candor

Masami Teraoka’s Art Melds Tradition & Contemporary Topics
The release of the 248-page Ascending Chaos: The Art of Masami Teraoka 1966-2006, (Chronicle) should have served as a comprehensive retrospective of the artist’s career, for a while.
But about the time the book went to press last fall, the artist and his artist wife Lynda Hess welcomed daughter [...]

August-September 2007 | Nadine Kam | 0 comments | Continued
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Artistic flow

Maria Steele’s mixed media success stems from yoga
For Maria Steele, artwork and yoga come together as one.
“The purpose of yoga is to activate the energy centers in our bodies, and to raise our life force energy,” she says. “My artwork is definitely a reflection of that.” Steele is a mixed media artist who dabbles [...]

June-July 2007 | Marc David | 0 comments | Continued