Q&A with John Blee

DC-based painter John Blee has lived an extraordinary life, with a richness of experience that radiates from his vibrant, abstract works. It’s difficult to imagine anyone with a more fascinating intellectual existence: speaking with John, it seems that he has read everything, tried everything – and remembers everything, which makes conversations endlessly engaging…

3 Days in San Francisco: Street Art, High Impressionism and 80s Hair & Tattoos

Everyman’s Art: San Francisco Artists’ Guild show Once we’d picked up our tickets for the nearly-sold-out Impressionism show at the de Young museum, we wanted to explore the Golden Gate Park’s pretty stunning grounds. The architecturally-brilliant museum sits among perfectly tended greenery and fountains, across from another ultra-modern building, the Academy of Sciences, whose roof…

Getting pleasantly bitten: a personal introduction to CoBrA

I lived in Copenhagen for nearly three years before moving to New York. And yet, when my good friend, DC-based painter John Blee, asked if I could locate a Cobra print in Denmark, I was at a loss. I thought of snakes. Then I Googled, and was embarrassed by my art history mishap. Though often…