Art and Abart

Last weekend I was captivated by two very different musicians.  Simon O'Neill, the New Zealand tenor was one. He is one of those rare...

I was in Wellington only five days but hearing Christine Goerke and Simon O'Neill sing up a storm at the Wagner Gala was worth the trip...

Simon O'Neill as Otello  with Lianna Haroutounian as Desdemona. Photograph: Branco Gaica/Opera Australia On Wednesday I saw Otell...

If you paint a portrait of someone they become part of your life. I have pictures of several of my portrait candidates hanging in my studio ...

When I left home late in August I left my large painting Siegmund (portrait of the wonderful New Zealand tenor Simon O'Neill) sitting o...

  The Valkyrie paintings from rehearsals in Wellington, NZ, are now online .... with a little story. Pietari Inkinen conducts the N...