See this flying stairway?  It’s at Saint Luke’s Mid-America Heart Institute.  See all the empty space around it?  That will be finished by this time next summer, when MAHI opens.  Now the question is, what will we do, artwise, to help make it sing.  Oh I’ve a few ideas.  Will divulge them by and by.

We’ll begin carrying John Preston’s work this fall.  Magnificent painter from Iowa.  Notice how the tones of this piecee have parallels to those of Millet.  Only a master can pull that off.  What I love best about it is that the scenes are set in the Midwest.

Recently installed 26 kinetic sculptures by Lyman Whitaker at Domaine Chandon in Napa.  This is the same winery that makes the famous champagne–which we sampled amply.

 

Why am I doing biz in CA?  To justify my recent addiction to surfing.

Concert last night at Starlight with Brown Eyes. The coolest it got was 92, but the beer was cold, the music grand, and the company grander.  Band still rocks, and David Lindley of course remains a legend.  Some sideburns.

Chaos Into Order, Drew Hine (photo, Robert Cohen)

Here’s a better shot of the blown-glass sculpture we recently installed for the new Kansas City offices of BKD.  “We” means I basically sipped coffee and gave directives while my sons worked. Sure love it when the kids grow up.  Drew Hine blew the piece; I designed it.  Other works below.

 

 Walnut Looking South, Allen Chow

 

Primary Yellow, Warren Rosser

 

Deconstructed Abacus, Matt Kirby

 

Sin Titulo II, Miguel Rivera

 9th and Baltimore, William Lobdell