Today. Friday, March 10, 2006. Los Angeles Times. Page A8. Along the thinnest of news holes, with just enough room all six columns to tuck in an inch of type per column and this headline in, eyeballing it, what appears to be 30-point type across four of those columns: "United Nations Report Says 1.1 Billion People Lack Safe Water."
Cool, huh?
Oh, but that ain't the best of it. For the casual reader is not drawn to that little strip of type. No, they are drawn to the color photo of a sculpture
The fountain of disputeInternationally recognized Laguna Beach artist Marlo Bartels creates whimsical-but-functional sculptures that grace parks, museums and even the inside of people's homes. The city of Burbank commissioned him to make "Early Burbank," a 10x10 foot tile mural. Two undulating mosaic benches he made line the entrance of the Spanish Walk development in Palm Desert. He also has pieces in Cancer Survivor Parks in San Diego, Rancho Mirage and Phoenix, Arizona. Many Laguna Art Museum
On the move.
The struggle to save a crazy-colorful fountain sculpture created by the internationally recognized Marlo Bartels has been resolved, according to the Laguna Beach artist's wife.
The whimsical-but-functional fountain was unveiled in the Irvine Regional Hospital lobby upon the facility's 1990 opening to great fanfare. After all, Bartels' sculptures grace parks, museums and the inside of rich people's homes around Southern California and the world. "Marlo is clearl
Grand Central's artists in residence. Pictured from left to right: David Brokaw, John Hedrick, Tim Hogan, Seth Hawkins, Greg Eberhardt, Monica Chapon, Preston Daniels, Patrick Strand, Kevin Stewart-Magee. Those not pictured: Jacob Lecuyer, Melissa Johnson, Eric Jones, Tiffany, Ma, Hala Swearingen, Greg Swearingen, and Neil Sharum.On the road to being a successful, well-paid artist (well, relatively speaking in most cases), the importance of earning your stripes in a respected residency progra
