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I have a law degree (Stanford, 66') but have never practiced. Instead, from 1967 through 1977, I tried to contribute to the revolution in America. As unsuccessful as everyone else over that decade, in 1978 I went to work for the U.S. Forest Service in San Francisco as a Clerk-Typist, GS-4. I was active in the USFS's union for several years, including a brief stint as editor of The Forest Service Monitor, the nationwide voice of the Forest Service in the National Federation of Federal Employees. Howsoever, I now believe my most important contribution while editor of the F.S.M. was bringing to the attention of F.S. employees the fact that the Black-Footed Ferret was not extinct; one had been found in 1980 on a national forest in the Colorado. In 2001 I retired from the USFS after attaining the age of 60 with 23 years of service. Stanford University was evidently unimpressed with my efforts to make USFS investigative reports of tort claim incidents available to tort claimants (ie, "the public"), alleging the negligence of a F.S. employee acting in the scope of his/her duties caused their damages, under the Freedom of Information Act. Oh well. What'cha gonna do?
(6 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Five Watercolors by Jean Dufy, a Notable 20th Century French Painter
There follow three more watercolors by Dufy, illustrating the combination sketch-and-watercolor approach that many successful watercolorists have used to deal with the imperatives of a free-flowing and slow-drying medium.
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, January 11, 2009 Protest Art – Five Photographic Works by Three Contemporary Artists
Robert Longo, Andres Serrano, and David LaChapelle are photographer-artists of great honesty and remarkable ability. More explicit works by the three artists may be viewed at artnet's Artist Works Catalogues.
(3 comments) SHARE Friday, January 2, 2009 An Early Impressionist American Painter – Mary Cassatt
[[MCA1900]] "Mary Stevenson Cassatt (was) born on May 22, 1844, in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Simpson Cassatt. She...(died) on June 14, 1926, at Beaufresne, France, and is buried in the family tomb in the cemetery at Mesnil-Théribus...fifty miles from Paris"
SHARE Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Fine Art on 12/16/008 - Abstract Expressionist Paintings by Four Artists
Abstract Expressionism was painting's premier American innovation in the 20th century. It spread from New York City outward to the world. And the most contemporary and avant garde artists are still inspired by it.