Cheryl Johnson

USC Season Opener Tomorrow, Saturday September 5

Wait a minute!  How did it get to be September, already??

Gotta learn some new faces, too:  Barkley... McKnight.  This will be an interesting season.

Avenue 50 Studio is proud to present the paintings and drawings of San Antonio artist Alex Rubio. Rubio's work speaks of the Latino experience in a fiery fantastical world. His palate of brilliant hues, and use of high contrast -- reflective of the San Antonio sun -- explodes onto the canvas in swirling and undulating waves, as if each stroke transmits energy vibrating around and within the body. No stasis here. Rubio's large-scale black and white drawings reflect that same intensity -- sans color.

Alex Rubio is one of Cheech Marin's collected artists in the Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge exhibition. He is widely collected. Alex currently works at the Blue Star Contemporary Art Center in San Antonio, TX as an instructor and studio arts manager.

The artist will be present.

Please join us on Saturday, September 12 from 7-10 pm for our opening night reception.

September 12 through October 4, 2009

Avenue 50 Studio, Inc.
a 501(c)(3) non-profit art gallery
131 North Avenue 50
Highland Park, CA 90042
323-258-1435
http://www.avenue50studio.com

The Station fire started In La Canada Flintridge, and has now moved straight through the Angeles National Forest and is burning in Acton.

I had to look at the map to keep my mind around this.

Acton is the upper marker.  La Canada Flintridge is the lower marker.

Someone (DisneyKrayzie / Mike) started a Flickr Group for images of the fires raging in Los Angeles County Los Angeles Fires 2009 ( http://www.flickr.com/groups/1179287@N24/ )

If you are anywhere in the L A Basin, and have some images of the fires, firefighters, towering smoke clouds, or any related images, please do join the group and add your photos.

It's an act of Citizen Journalism.

Here's the same view as last night. I can no longer see any flames, but the smoke is very thick.