LIVE MAGAZINE VOL 8, Issue #189 AUGUST 8TH THRU AUGUST 22, 2014
LIVE MAGAZINE FROM PALM SPRINGS
LIVE MAGAZINE FROM PALM SPRINGS
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16<br />
ART &<br />
ABOUT<br />
by Lon Michels and Todd Olson<br />
VALLEY OF THE ARTS<br />
We just came back from a very successful show, in<br />
Milwaukee WI, at the Tory Folliard Gallery. The show<br />
is titled “Summer In Wisconsin”. These images pictured are<br />
just but 2 examples of the work we displayed in this show. On our trip<br />
we were also very grateful to visit our lovely Mothers Darlene and<br />
Shirley. We sure are glad to be back in the desert though, known now<br />
as the “Valley Of The Arts”, heat and all. Also a huge shout out to<br />
Juli Ragsdale and Levvy Carriker the Publishers of <strong>LIVE</strong> Magazine<br />
for their support of the arts here. When ever we travel we are most<br />
happy when we are able to return to our beautiful home, and the Lon<br />
Michels Gallery, here in Palm Springs. This summer Lon is working<br />
on beautiful paintings of the Joshua Tree National Park and Todd is<br />
working on his pool paintings series of Palm Springs Pools. Please<br />
stop by the Lon Michels Gallery and experience these new works right<br />
before your eyes.<br />
Last week before we left Palm Springs, we spent a lovely afternoon<br />
with Sean and Lindy. These two wonderful directors have also fallen in<br />
love with our beautiful desert. They have spent great efforts in creating<br />
a movie which truly showcases the splendor and glamour of Palm<br />
Springs.This Indy film titled “Palm Swings” should be released in the<br />
next year, and we know all of Palm Springs will be excited to see it.<br />
Our featured artist of this issue is Juan-Manual Alonso. Juan is<br />
represented at the Jorge Mendez Gallery in the lower part of the<br />
Uptown Design District. Juan is a Cuban born artist,with many<br />
beautiful stories of growing up as a young child in Cuba. Juan-<br />
Manual’s work is bold and beautiful. He paints from his heart, and<br />
his work always makes us smile. Imagine a modern day Miro with<br />
a Gaudi twist. One of the things we love about Juan, other than his<br />
fabulous long hair, is his kindness. Juan is a nice person, funny,<br />
and a pleasure to be around. We also recently spent time with him<br />
while filming “Palm Swings”, and it was his laughter, and joy at 3 am<br />
at glam, fab, Trio Restaurant that made the experience even more<br />
exciting. So please look for Juan and many other locals including us,<br />
in the upcoming full length film. It has been said that most artists look<br />
like their work, and this is true of Juan. He has an incredible flare for<br />
fashion and transforms his great style and talent from everyday life to<br />
his canvasses. If you are in the Uptown Design District be sure to see<br />
his work and many other Latin American artists as well , in the Jorge<br />
Mendez Gallery. This man stands 6’ 3” tall and his heart is as big as he<br />
is. He is an incredible addition to the “Valley Of The Arts” and we are<br />
so very grateful to call him our friend. Please see many of Juan’s work<br />
at www.artofjuanmanuelalonso.com/arthtml<br />
In closing an unusual phenomenon was experienced in the desert this<br />
past week. Residents describe strange liquid in droplet form falling<br />
from the sky. Scientists and researchers were baffled, even claiming<br />
it could be excretions from extra terrestrials. There were also loud<br />
bursts of thundering noises and bright white lights, zooming across the<br />
sky. Thank the heavens that our lovely friend Bianca Rae, CBS Local<br />
2 Anchor and Eye On the Desert entertainment reporter, informed us<br />
that these droplets were something unfamiliar to us here in the desert,<br />
are called rain. Keep the prayers coming for more rain, this will give<br />
us a beautiful desert in bloom, and water for all of God’s creations big<br />
and small to thrive and enjoy. Stay cool and hydrated we are past the<br />
hump of heat of dog days of summer.<br />
Juan-Manuel above with his painting in Jorge Mendez Gallery, Todd’s<br />
painting in the show “Summer in Wisconsin, “Happy Farm”, Lon’s<br />
painting “Marquette Wisconsin” where he was born and raised, sorry<br />
this painting was sold right away. Bazzy our Maltese,Lon his Mom<br />
Shirley and Todd in his mothers art studio in Marquette WI. Darlene<br />
Todd’s Mom, Todd and Bazzy in her home in Dallas TX on our way<br />
back to the “Valley Of The Arts”.
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