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Artist // Professional // Photography
- Sep 24
- United States
- Deviant for 19 years
- Michael Hansen Art Gallery
- He / Him
My Bio
Attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. Enjoy all of the arts. Drawing, painting, photography (and music). I've been purchasing a couple electric guitars....LOVE music!
Current Residence: Colorado, USA (Near the Rocky Mountain National Park).
Favourite genre of music: I like a wide variety of music. BIG fan of rock and roll music!
Favourite photographer: Irena Ionesco, Mapplethorpe..some others.
Favourite style of art: Expressive figure drawing and painting. I also enjoy photography and working with models! Love the paintings of John Currin and Eric Fischl!
Operating System: Mac 27
Favourite cartoon character: Goofy
Personal Quote: "When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free" --- C.E. Hughes
Favourite Visual Artist
FRANCIS BACON, Schiele, Soutine, Eric Fischl. Malcolm Liepke, Milt Kobayashi.
Favourite Movies
"Picnic at Hanging Rock" by Peter Weir
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Humble Pie - (The album with the Aubry Beardsley ink drawing on the cover)
Favourite Books
Any books about the artist Francis Bacon.
Favourite Writers
Quite a few.. Poets, Bukowski, Whitman. Writers: Wolf, Kozinski, Hemmingway, Faulkner, Steinbeck.
Favourite Games
Games have never really interested me. I'm not competitive...I try to avoid stress.
Tools of the Trade
red, blue, and graphite pencils. Oil paint. Canon 30D(digital) Canon A-1 (35mm)
Other Interests
SKETCHING!!!, DRAWING!!!, painting, photography, reading, travel.
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I have a painting by Richard LaDow that I would like to sell. I can provide pictures - it is acrylic on canvas and about 4 feet square. My parents bought it from the artist around 1970 on a visit to SB. If anyone is interested, please contact me at patentworker@hotmail.com.
Hi Michael, I knew your Uncle Richard LaDow. I lived in Santa Barbara from age 13-17. He graciously gave up his little house(the Yellow Door Gallery) so that my mom and the three of us kids had a place to live. He was a great friend of my family, a kind gentle person and a fantastic artist. My mom was also an artist and the two of them use to set up next to each other at the beach during the weekend art walks. We were also very close friends with Bob and Sandy Stites. Did you ever meet them? Wonderful memories from a very long time ago.
Michael,
Saw your old post looking for info on your uncle. I have many memories of him as a kid in Santa Barbara. My dad was one of his biggest fans and owns more than 20 of his paintings. I can email you pics of them if you like. We saw him often at the beach on Sundays, and had him over to the house for dinner from time to time. I could put you in touch with my dad, he knew him very well.
Thanks,
Mike Reitz
244 N. Sumter St.
Visalia, CA. 93292
559-636-3932 Phone/FAX
559-731-9718 Cell
Saw your old post looking for info on your uncle. I have many memories of him as a kid in Santa Barbara. My dad was one of his biggest fans and owns more than 20 of his paintings. I can email you pics of them if you like. We saw him often at the beach on Sundays, and had him over to the house for dinner from time to time. I could put you in touch with my dad, he knew him very well.
Thanks,
Mike Reitz
244 N. Sumter St.
Visalia, CA. 93292
559-636-3932 Phone/FAX
559-731-9718 Cell
Sorry I haven't responded sooner, just saw your kind note. Yes, he was such a good person. I deeply regret not spending MUCH more time with him over the years. Miss him very much. I continue to hear from people who have some of this work (most recent just yesterday). I wish I had a lot more information about him. I used to visit Dick and enjoyed those brief visits so much. He also shared a gallery with a gal in Ventura for a while, prior to settling in SB. I loved the days walking on the beach with him. Had cheese and wine...just talking..observing...very peaceful.
My memories of Dick go way back. Before his interest in pursuing painting. My older brother probably has a few of the very old photos of him...he would (on very rare occasions visit our home) We also (my older brother) may still have some early drawing studies he did when Dick began to commit himself to art. Please feel free to correspond again. Any additional information would be wonderful.
I did hear he was a VERY good chess player, and that he would enlist help stretching canvas from students at UCSB.
Very sincerely, Michael Hansen ) Michael Richard Hansen......
My memories of Dick go way back. Before his interest in pursuing painting. My older brother probably has a few of the very old photos of him...he would (on very rare occasions visit our home) We also (my older brother) may still have some early drawing studies he did when Dick began to commit himself to art. Please feel free to correspond again. Any additional information would be wonderful.
I did hear he was a VERY good chess player, and that he would enlist help stretching canvas from students at UCSB.
Very sincerely, Michael Hansen ) Michael Richard Hansen......
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