A Legacy
A decade long search to unravel the mysteries of the grandfather I never knew— has culminated in a manuscript and website to honor the legacy of early California artist and adventurer Tilden Daken (1876-1935).
He was a noted plein air naturalist who went to all extremes to capture the beauty of the West on canvas. His antics include: losing his home and art studio in the 1906 earthquake; riding the brake beam of a freight train with Jack London; lover of vaudevile star Sophie Tucker; siding with Pancho Villa and getting caught in the crossfire of the Mexican Revolution; painting during extreme winters in the High Sierra; capturing underwater scenes in the Pacific in a diving bell, and much more.
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The Making Of... Arrangements
Artist and desinger Sherry Olsen makes lots of things. Including chairs and vases for Anthropologie and platters for Chez Panisse. But it was her story about making arrangements for her father’s death that really struck us and surprised us. We knew … Read More
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- Barry McGee
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