We spent a wonderful weekend with our friends Alice and Richard Matzkin at their home and art studio in Ojai, California. I always feel like I'm at an idyllic retreat when I'm there. It is so quiet, so lush with greenery and interesting things to look at, so filled with beautiful art, and the conversations are endless. Alice was my first friend when I moved to Los Angeles in 1961. We went to art classes together for quite a few years. Needless to say, she stayed with her painting. I found another creative outlet. Around the Matzkin yard We went up Friday night in time to hear Richard drumming with his jazz trio at a local Ojai restaurant. Besides being a drummer he's a sculptor, mostly of aging men. Alice, a painter, has her work at the Smithsonian portrait gallery. Her commissioned painting of Chelsea Clinton once hung in the White House private residence. Our portrait by Alice hangs prominently in our home. Alice, Chelsea, and Hillary, 1997 Madeline and Bob, … [Read more...]