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I am listening to last.fm right now; Hoochie Coochie Man. I Can't Be Satisfied. I am very attracted to the early blues musicians. It is like reading the bible of blues. I see some characteristics of early players in contemporary blues players, jazz players, at the 57th Street Gallery in Oakland, on Monday open mike night, or any night. I think that these artists get into their music and they create a life beyond life, meaning that they sweep themselves into other dimensions and us along with them if we are willing to go.

Biography and Artist statement: I have made available a collection of live sketches and oil paintings of jazz musicians, live in-performance and from photographs. For more information on my jazz related portraits and sketches and paintings, please see www.behance.net/art3fcc www.behance.net/art3fcc My art practice took many turns over the years 1960-2020. At the present time, I am experimenting with non-objective expressionism, rethinking early training through abstract designs. I'm encouraged by an art enthusiast and architect who has been a mentor and an art enthusiast in my life.. I began to work in oils in Cooper Union In the 1960's. After graduation, instead of taking my BA in art at Yale, (my scholarship to Cooper...