Philip Guston, American, "This Be Not I," 1945. This painting is special to me. As WWII comes to an end, young city boys play outside with whatever they can find to engage their imaginations. The kind of "pretend" play we enjoyed before computers replaced the mystery...

Gustav Klimt, Austrian, "Meadow in Flower." Most of us are familiar with Klimt's popular decorative figure paintings from what is called his "Golden Period." Here is one of his lesser known landscapes. Look past the impressionist brushwork to the structure of the...

Gustav Vigeland (Norwegian). Granite. A mother pleading with her despondent son. My friend Kevin Kresse introduced this sculptor to me. Vigeland designed the Nobel Peace Prize medal, and has a dedicated sculpture park for his work in bronze and stone in Oslo. One can...