Songwriting is a multidisciplinary calling. A songsmith is equal parts composer, poet, musician, philosopher and entrepreneur. Many times, it's an unsung profession: the performer who interprets the song gets the credit and adulation, the songwriter gets a credit set in microscopic type on a CD cover or record label. Sure, there are exceptions. Individuals such as Cole Porter, … [Read more...] about A Way with Words
Capturing California with a Creative Eye
Monterey Peninsula's Love Affair with Art
Artists of all types have main-tained a long-held love affair with the Monterey Penin-sula in general, Carmel in particular. For nearly one and a half centuries, all manner—poets, musicians, writers, sculptors, painters—have been drawn as moths to a flame by the area's unparalleled beauty, temperate climate and (once) inexpensive cost of living. The earliest Bohemian painters … [Read more...] about Capturing California with a Creative Eye
Home Away from Hollywood
Celebrities Flock to the Monterey Peninsula
MONTEREY, CA - JUNE 18: American guitarist Jimi Hendrix (1942 - 1970) plays his Fender Stratocaster guitar while performing at the Monterey International Pop Music Festival, on June 18, 1967 in Monterey, California. (Photo by Ed Caraeff/Getty Images) From its earliest days, Carmel-by-the-Sea has lured the famous to its borders. Most are looking for a break from the … [Read more...] about Home Away from Hollywood
In the Tonalist Tradition
Joaquin Turner Continues an Artistic Legacy, Capturing an Emotional and Spiritual Reaction to the Local Landscape
While taking in the landscape paintings of Joaquin Turner, the observer can be forgiven for thinking the artist was a member of the group of early 20th-century painters who worked in a style now known as "Early California." But Turner is very much of this time, a very contemporary man, but also very much in touch with the ethos of those Carmel-area artists who worked their … [Read more...] about In the Tonalist Tradition
A Picturesque Pilgrimage
Randy Tunnell Photographs: Local Faith Leaders
For more than 40 years, photographer Randy Tunnell has been a respected member of the Monterey Peninsula publishing and advertising community. His beautifully crafted images have appeared in virtually every Carmel-area publication and his more anonymous commercial work is viewed by thousands every day. In December of 2018, Tunnell embarked on a project to photograph as many … [Read more...] about A Picturesque Pilgrimage