by curatedmayhem | Jul 28, 2023 | art, Artist
I was alerted to a local Estate Sale by a friend, who told me there were several drawings of nudes by Mr. Bill Peterson that I might be interested in (my friends know me well). While looking at the nude drawings, I started talking with Bill’s wife and she told me a...
by curatedmayhem | Sep 1, 2019 | art, Artist
Finding Dolores Rausch On Saturday June 22nd 2019 I found a painting at the Swap meet that spoke to me, as paintings often do. It’s signed by J. Rausch and depicts what appears to be two girl marionettes, and it has a rather nice 1960’s feel to it. A friend saw...
by curatedmayhem | Apr 16, 2019 | art, Artist
I was recently at a yard sale and came across a large collection of original artworks all created by the same man, Art Huffman. His widow had been storing them in the garden shed since her late husbands’ passing. In talking to his widow, I learned that Mr....
by curatedmayhem | Mar 28, 2019 | art, Artist, Thrift Store, thrift store finds
The Rediscovered Art Of Leonard James Petersen In the back room of a thrift store I encountered a number of paintings that had been unceremoniously thrown into piles on the floor. I was given permission to look through them all, and as I did so the owner of the store...