Fascinated by the quixotic entertainment world, many of Judith’s paintings pay homage to celebrities. “The Bruce Act” features the performing Lenny Bruce holding on to his first amendment right while staring at the scales of justice from behind a white picket fence.
From the Broadway play “The Fleets In” emanated “Tangerine Girl”
“Danny’s Room” depicts all the accomplishments of Danny Thomas, from his family, to his appreciation for all the people who made his career a success and his great dedication as founder of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Known primarily as a TV actor, he starred as a nightclub singer on the popular Make Room for Daddy (1953). He also served TV behind the cameras partnering with Sheldon Leonard and Aaron Spelling to create such shows as Dick Van Dyke‘s show, The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961), The Andy Griffith Show (1960) and Mod Squad (1968).
I was first exposed to the world of international art intrigue in 1996. Leaving Kiev, Ukraine’s Boryspil airport for what would probably turn out to be the last time, I carried with me a recently acquired wife, an even more recently born daughter, and a scattering of possessions as I prepared to return home to the United States after three years of doing journalism.
At least at that time, the main terminal for departing flights out of Kiev was a hectic, ramshackle place in which even a smooth passage through the local outgoing customs inspectors could prove an annoying experience. This petty annoyance level suddenly threatened to get a whole lot less petty when an x-ray of one of my pieces of luggage revealed the presence of a canvas stretched over a frame. Continue reading