Carmel Art Association Presents ANNUAL MINIATURE SHOW

 
Carmel Art Association
Carmel-by-the-Sea's Oldest Gallery
Location: W/s Dolores St. between 5th Av. & 6th Av. 
The Carmel Art Association: A Proud Heritage
“Since 1927, this historic Carmel gallery has been a showcase for the works of some of California's most renowned artists. Continuing that proud tradition today, the CAA features paintings and sculpture by over 120 of the area's most noted professional artists living on the Central Coast.”

The Carmel Art Association presents the Annual Miniature Show “featuring small paintings and miniatures in a variety of media and styles from the CAA artist membership.”
Holiday Open House and Opening reception, Saturday, December 2, 6 to 8 p.m.; November 30, 2006 – January 3, 2007.

Carmel Art Association History
• On August 8, 1927, Josephine Culbertson and Ida Johnson hosted a gathering of 19 Carmel artists at “Gray Gables,” their residence in Carmel-by-the-Sea. There, a Laguna Beach Art Association member spoke about establishing a local art association with the mission "to advance the knowledge of and interest in art, create a spirit of cooperation and fellowship between artists and the people.”

• In late 1927, a room in the Seven Art Building at Lincoln St. and Ocean Av. was rented as an exhibition space.

• In December 1927, the CAA hosted an exhibit of miniature paintings, “Thumbbox Sketches.”

• In 1933, the private studio of CAA member Ira Remson was purchased by the CAA members for their new home on the W/s Dolores St. between 5th Av. & 6th Av.

• On December 10, 1933, the CAA celebrated its annual “Thumb-box Sketch” Show.

• By 1939, an addition to the north side of the building was constructed; by April 1939, the new gallery was open.

• Improvements to the building have been made over time, including an addition along the south side, new kitchen and bathrooms, new lighting and a wheel chair lift for the handicapped.

• As William F. Stone, Jr., President, Carmel Art Association (2000 – 2002) wrote, Today's CAA still has the same ideals as it had in 1927: "for the purpose of stimulating art interest here and of enabling Monterey Peninsula artists to keep in closer touch with one another...to aid artists to sell their paintings and keep in touch with visitors who wish to buy their works."

The Carmel Art Association is Carmel-by-the-Sea’s oldest gallery; the gallery is located in a beautiful sculpture garden on the west side of Dolores Street between 5th & 6th. Hours are 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. daily; 831-624-6176

SCC Chairman Perry Walker: "...there's a lot we don't know yet."

 
Sunset Community And Cultural Center
Location: E/s San Carlos St. between 8th Av. & 10th Av. 
City Council Agenda
Regular Meeting
November 7, 2006

V. Announcements from Closed Session, from City Council Members and the City Administrator.

C. Announcements from City Administrator.

• Receive SCC annual audited financials for FY 05-06 and the first quarter financial report.

Perry Walker, Chairman, SCC Board, addressed Council after Sarah Brown, Vice-Chair, SCC presented the financials on Sunset Cultural Center, Inc., as follows:

“I just wanted to emphasis that we’re still in the learning curve. We’re, you know, this is our second year, we’re very proud of our clean audited financial statement. But, there’s a lot we don’t know yet. So we’re probing, you know, how many shows, performances, are realistic, when is the market saturated, what kinds of shows, how do we reach the targeted audience, our primary audience, how do we segment that out, and so it’s a work in progress. But I think we’ll all agree that our first 2 years out of the box, we’re very proud, we’re making progress and we’ll just continue to learn and go step-by-step.”

“I truly appreciate, on behalf of the Board, the support the Council gives us and the confidence that you have placed in us, we take it very seriously and we appreciate it even more.”

“Thank you very much.”

COMMENTS:

• Interesting to note that SCC Chairman Perry Walker voiced appreciation for the support of the Council, but didn’t mention the residents of Carmel-by-the-Sea; what is omitted is often more meaningful than what is articulated.

• “SCC is poised to launch exciting new programming at Sunset Center...To do this we need capital to underwrite risks and expenses. Accordingly, we plan to raise an Impresario Fund of at least $250,000 – and do it in the next 18 months.”

“We are looking for 25 individuals and couples to step forward and become members of the Producers’ Guild by making a one-time contribution of $10,000 to out Impresario Fund.” (Source: Sunset Center The Producers' Guild, http://www.sunsetcenter.org/produce.htm)

• Perhaps with the City’s declining subsidy over the first three year contract period between SCC, Inc. and the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea, the SCC Board of Trustees believes that the Impresario Fund is critical not only to honor their commitment to “new programming,” but essential to honor their commitment to Carmelites to decrease the city’s subsidy over time.

City Council Grants 9th & 10th Appeals of Historic Resources Board at 7 November 2006 Meeting

 
Resource Name: Caroline P. Webster House
Location: E/s Monte Verde St. between 7th Av. & 8th Av.
Distinction: 9th Appeal of Historic Resources Board Granted by City Council 
An updated list of all appeals of the Historic Resources Board’s decisions to the City Council; of a total 10 historic designation appeals to the City Council between May 2006 and November 2006, the City Council has granted all 10 appeals.

UPDATE: LIST OF HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD APPEALS TO THE CITY COUNCIL
May 2006 – November 2006
(Name of Property Owner, Physical Location, Resource Name, APPEAL GRANTED or DENIED)

CITY COUNCIL 7 NOVEMBER 2006 MEETING
James and Marjorie Barrow
E/s Monte Verde St. between 7th & 8th Avenues
Resource Name: Caroline P. Webster House
APPEAL GRANTED

Decision Record: The Historic Resources Board denied the appellant's request to remove the property from the City's Inventory of Historic Resources on 21 August 2006.

James and Kathleen Smart
S/s 7th Av. between Forest Rd. and City Line
Resource Name: Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Lukes House
APPEAL GRANTED

Decision Record: The Historic Resources Board denied the appellant's request to remove the property from the City's Inventory of Historic Resources on 18 September 2006.

CITY COUNCIL 3 OCTOBER 2006 MEETING MINUTES
John Mandurrago/ Pacific Grove Land Company
S.E. Corner Dolores St. & 7th Av.
Resource Name: Palo Alto Savings and Loan Building
APPEAL GRANTED

Decision Record:
16 December 2005: Historic Resources Board votes to add the property to the Inventory.
20 December 2005: Project applicant files appeal to Council.
6 June 2006: City Council votes to grant the appeal pending review and adoption of findings.

CITY COUNCIL 12 SEPTEMBER 2006 MEETING MINUTES
Shatzi H. Joy
N.E. Corner Casanova & 9th Avenue
Resource Name: Herron Cottage & Tree House
APPEAL GRANTED

Decision Record: The Historic Resources Board denied the appellant’s request to remove the property from the City’s Inventory of Historic Resources on 17 April 2006.

Diane M. Sena
E/s Lincoln St. between 7th & 8th Avenues
Resource Name: Alice Meckenstock House
APPEAL GRANTED

Decision Record: The Historic Resources Board denied the appellant’s request to remove the property from the City’s Inventory of Historic Resources on 17 April 2006

CITY COUNCIL 8 AUGUST 2006 MEETING MINUTES
William Doolittle
E/s Casanova between 7th & 8th Avenues
Resource Name: Daniel T. Fiske House
APPEAL GRANTED

Decision Record: The Historic Resources Board denied the appellant’s request to remove the property from the City’s Inventory of Historic Resources on 19 June 2006.

CITY COUNCIL 11 JULY 2006 MEETING MINUTES
Doreen Silva Trust
W/s Carpenter bet. 3rd & 4th Avs.
Resource Name: DeSabla Horse Barn
APPEAL GRANTED

Decision Record: The Historic Resources Board denied the appellant’s request to remove the property from the City’s Inventory of Historic Resources on 20 March 2006.

Alfred Johnson
W/s San Antonio between ocean & 4th Avenue
Resource Name: E. M. White House #4
APPEAL GRANTED

Decision Record: The Historic Resources Board denied the appellant’s request to remove the property from the City’s Inventory of Historic Resources on 27 February 2006.

COUNCIL 6 JUNE 2006 MEETING MINUTES
Norman & Eleanor Moscow
W/s Camino Real bet. 11th & 12th
Resource Name: Wild Cottage
APPEAL GRANTED

Decision Record: The Historic Resources Board denied the appellant’s request to remove the property from the City’s Inventory of Historic Resources on 23 January 2006.

CITY COUNCIL 2 MAY 2006 MEETING MINUTES
David & Audrey Hall
W/s Carmelo bet. 11th & 12th Av.
Resource Name: E. P. Young Spec. House
APPEAL GRANTED

Decision Record: The Historic Resources Board denied the appellant’s request to remove the property from the City’s Inventory of Historic Resources on 27 February 2006.

Everything is O.K...everything is fine?

 
"Flanders Mansion" 'NOT IN SERVICE' Fire Hydrant
Location: N/s Flanders Mansion/Lester Rowntree Arboretum Driveway, Hatton Rd. 
City Council Agenda
Regular Meeting
November 7, 2006

V. Announcements from Closed Session, from City Council Members and the City Administrator.

• Receive report on City’s Fire Hydrants.

A transcription of Fire Chief Andrew Miller’s report on City’s Fire Hydrants, as follows:

“Madame Mayor, Members of Council, again thank you for the opportunity to bring this issue to the Council. I know there’s been a lot of questions about the fire hydrants throughout the city. I must say that The Pine Cone did do an excellent job of kind of framing the issue about a month ago, when it came out, and I’ll just give you a quick update of where we’re at and some successes that we’ve made thus far."

"First and foremost, I really need to reassure everybody in the community that the Fire Protection System, the fire flow system in the city is in service and adequate enough for us to do our job. I think that’s the #1 message that I want to leave with everybody tonight. That everything is O.K. That even though maybe you have a bad hydrant in front of your house, that’s O.K. because we still have an ability to get the water to your house, where it needs to go…and I’m going to get into that a little bit when I talk about our contingency plans. I’m going to start with some positive outcomes and some solutions that we’ve come up with thus far. The Cal-Am engineering assessment has been completed and we do have an action plan in progress. Just today, my assistant chief, David Brown, and a member of Cal Am were out going and doing some testing in the northern end of town and after some troubleshooting, some simple things, just making sure that valves, extreme valves, were all the way open, going through the calculations again and testing, we were able to put 6 fire hydrants back into service today. That was a real positive move forward…We’re going to go out and do some more tomorrow, not guarantee that they are all going to come back miraculously because we do have some work ahead of us. We do have some deficiencies in the system."

"Our Contingency Plans that we have in place,...First of all, Carmel Fire Department personnel have been briefed and are continually updated on the fire hydrant issues. So basically what we do, is now that we’ve tested all the hydrants that are in the bad areas, in the bad areas there are some areas in town that have 4” lateral galvanized mains in the ground. They’re over 80 years old. What happens is they become corroded and restricts some fire flow. So what we’ve done is we’ve developed a series of maps for the city so our firefighters, before they respond to any call for a structure fire or a vegetation fire within the city, they can quickly brief the map, they’ve done the preplanning and because the fire hydrant placement in the city is so exceptional, basically there’s a fire hydrant in every corner, all they have to do is identify the hydrant that’s out of service and go to the next hydrant over which might, in most instances, be on the next corner or the next block."

"Another thing that we’ve done, our first-out engine, 7111, the 5” hose, the hose which we carry in the back, that we lay from the hydrant to the scene of the fire, we have increased that hose to 1200 ft., which gives us more than enough hose to reach any area of the city with an adequate fire hydrant."

"We also have Carmel Fire Department available as we request and we do have an agreement with them to have water tenders, which are basically big water tankers, and if we did get into a situation where we felt there was an issue and we couldn’t make the water delivery needed we can easily call for one of these water tenders to respond over to assist us and I don’t really even see that happening."

"I need to thank Cal Am for being very responsive and stepping up to the plate and helping us get a handle on this issue. Initially, we went out, we found some areas that we had concerns with, we brought those to Cal Am’s attention, they got their engineers out working on it, we got together with Cal Am personnel, did the final test, real comprehensive testing of the water flows of those certain areas, we really need to thank them for being such a great partner in this process."

"So what the final outcome is is in the areas that we do have fire hydrants that are out-of-service, we have a strategic plan with Cal Am and what we are doing to do next is to identify a priority. So some of the fixes are really simple. Some of the fixes might be as easy as moving a hydrant across the street where there is an adequate main. Those types of things those are no brainers and we’re going to start with those. The other ones that are more complex, like maybe replacing a water main, a little 4” main, what we’re going to do is to prioritize those. So in the first year, we’ll start concentrating on this area, the second year, this area, this is a long-term project though. And I don’t want to leave anybody with a false expectation that this is going to de done overnight."

"This is happening all over the nation. All communities are doing with infrastructure that’s under the ground, its sewers, its water mains, it’s all those things that we don’t see on a daily basis and usually we react to them when they are no longer adequate."

"So once again reassurance that everything is fine, we do have contingency plans in place, we are working proactively with Cal Am to mitigate the issues and that I am available as your Fire Chief, to answer any of your questions or the community’s questions. Contact me at the Fire Station or certainly your questions tonight I can answer."

After Fire Chief Andrew Millers Report on City’s Fire Hydrants, City Councilman Michael Cunningham asked about the number of fire hydrants. Miller answered that the total number of Fire Hydrants in Carmel-by-the-Sea is 194; and of 110 Fire Hydrants tested on 4” galvanized mains, 32 of 110 are “NOT IN SERVICE.”

COMMENTS:
“Everything is O.K...everything is fine...” (Andrew Miller, Carmel-by-the-Sea Fire Chief)

Carmelites are expected to believe that because contingency plans entail

a) 5” hose on first-out engine 7111 is now 1200’ long

b) Distant, to-be requested water tenders are available per agreement and

c) A “series of maps” identifying “NOT IN SERVICE” Fire Hydrants are at the Fire Station

“Everything is O.K...everything is fine!”

Erik Bethel’s 2004-2006 Carmel-by-the-Sea City Council Record

With the recent resignation of City Councilman Erik Bethel, the City Council must either appoint a City Council Member or decide to hold a special election to fill his vacant seat by December 30, 2006.

Calling it “an opportunity that only comes once in a lifetime,” Erik Bethel will move to Shanghai to assume the position of senior vice president of corporate finance for ChinaVest Merchant Bank. The merchant bank, established in 1983 by Robert Theleen, Chairman and Co-CEO, is based in Shanghai and is the oldest American venture capital firm in China. It is a “leading investment and development vehicle linking Chinese entrepreneurship with Western capital and partnership.” (For more information, copy and paste http://www.chinavest.com/) or click on post title above.)

On his two year tenure on the Carmel-by-the-Sea City Council, Erik Bethel cited several accomplishments, including balancing the budget and maintaining healthy surpluses, hiring an economic development manager, allowing live music in eating establishments, initiating the “Concours on the Avenue” and a gateway monument sign along Hwy 1.

Despite these accomplishments, it is disappointing that a young man with his background, (i.e. B.S. Economics and Political Science, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, M.B.A. Finance, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and career experience with Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan Capital Partners, Granite Construction and establishing and operating his own private equity fund, Compass Point Capital Partners), did not apply his financial acumen to the city’s fiscal imbalances. Specifically, the structural budget imbalances of an $11,751,301 proposed FY 2006/07 budget, reserves of nearly $10 million and millions and millions of dollars in deferred maintenance, while only proposing $99,794 Capital Improvement Program for FY 2006/07.

Until the core fiscal imbalances of the City are addressed, other so-called achievements are merely changes at the edges.

Asphalt Triangular Pavement Replaced City Tree

 
Asphalt Triangular Pavement Replaced City Tree
Location: Dolores St. & 5th Av., S.W. Corner 
QUESTIONS:
What were the circumstances surrounding the removal of a City tree at the S.W. corner of Dolores St. & 5th Avenue?

Is the asphalt triangular pavement, in lieu of the planting of a replacement tree, in concordance with the spirit and letter of the City’s Local Coastal Program? Especially in the context of the following Local Coastal Program policies:

G5-5 Maintain and enhance the informality of streetscapes. (LUP)

O5-16 Remove or reduce unnecessary or excessive hardscape and other nonconforming encroachments on City parklands and within street rights-of-way to provide for and promote planting of trees and native vegetation.
(LUP)

P5-92 Look for opportunities to reduce or eliminate hardscape areas Citywide on public and private lands... (LUP)

O5-17 Use mini-parks and islands for planting trees, with an emphasis on native Monterey Pines, oaks, and other native vegetation. (LUP)

CONTEXT:
Recall two previous precedents:

1. While Clayton Anderson, President of Friends of Carmel Forest, was waiting for the “City” to notify him about planting a tree in what was the Post Office Bump-Out on 5th Avenue, the “City” unilaterally, without public hearings, removed the Bump-Out to provide one extra parking space on 5th Avenue.

2. At the 5 May 2005 Forest And Beach Commission meeting, during Public Appearances, Carmelite Barbara Livingston stated that she was unable to “get answers to some questions” she had, including:

“On San Carlos east side between 13 and 12th – the tree died and the bump out was paved over. The Public Works Director and the City Forester said a tree would be planted there. How can a tree be planted when the area has been paved over? Has it become a policy of the City that once bump out/safety planters are removed they will not be replaced or is the policy still in place to replace trees in these areas?"


Selected relevant excerpts from the City’s Local Coastal Program and Municipal Code regarding the City’s policies on trees, tree replacement, et cetera, as follows:

General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan
COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ELEMENT

Urbanized Forest, Parks and Open Spaces

Carmel's forest is an “urbanized” Monterey pine forest rather than an “urban” forest. “Urban” forests are planted after development and typically consist of single species, regularly spaced trees planted in a row between the sidewalk and the street. An “urbanized” forest exists before development and is characterized by its diversity in species, age and randomness in tree location resulting in meandering streets of varying width. (LUP)

To many, the “urbanized” forest is the character-defining feature that makes Carmel-by the-Sea so unique. The forest, along with the beach and ocean, is the City’s largest and most visible natural resource. Homes are nestled into the native Monterey pine and Coast Live oak on a grid of streets that yields to trees more than to engineering expediency. Upper canopy trees impart a distinctive ambiance and identity to the City. Lower canopy trees soften and provide screening of development. Together the mix of upper and lower canopy trees establishes a powerful sense of place. (LUP)

The City’s Forest, Parks and Beach Department has an ongoing program of replacing dead and diseased pines on public property...LUP)


Goals, Objectives and Policies
Urban Forests, Parks and Open Spaces

G5-3 Protect, conserve and enhance the unique natural beauty and irreplaceable natural resources of Carmel and its Sphere of Influence, including its biological resources, water resources, and scenic routes and corridors. (LUP)

P5-47 Continue Carmel's tree preservation program and encourage the use of indigenous or native plants. (LUP)

G5-4 Preserve and enhance the City's legacy of an urbanized forest of predominantly Monterey pine, coast live oak and Monterey Cypress. (LUP)

O5-11 Maintain, restore and enhance the upper and lower tree canopy of Carmel’s urbanized forest. (LUP)

P5-55 Implement adopted tree density policies for private and public property as appropriate to each site taking into consideration neighborhood characteristics and site constraints. (LUP)

P5-56 Establish and implement tree canopy policies for the commercial district. (LUP)

P5-57 Maintain a list of tree species that could qualify as indigenous upper and lower canopy trees, for the purposes of meeting tree density and replacement policies. (LUP)

P5-58 Maintain, restore and enhance a predominantly indigenous forest of native Monterey pines and coast live oaks. (LUP)

P5-63 Manage the tree-planting program to achieve an uneven-aged, healthy forest with particular emphasis on native Monterey pines and coast live oaks. (LUP)

G5-5 Maintain and enhance the informality of streetscapes. (LUP)

O5-16 Remove or reduce unnecessary or excessive hardscape and other
nonconforming encroachments on City parklands and within street rights-of-way to provide for and promote planting of trees and native vegetation.
(LUP)

P5-92 Look for opportunities to reduce or eliminate hardscape areas
Citywide on public and private lands...(LUP)

O5-17 Use mini-parks and islands for planting trees, with an emphasis on native Monterey Pines, oaks, and other native vegetation. (LUP)

P5-95 Recognize the City's narrow street paving, roadside vegetation and overarching canopy as important elements contributing to the streetscape, pedestrian circulation, traffic calming, community aesthetics and environmental enhancement. Identify character defining features of roadways and retain and enhance these features when planning and implementing street improvements, repairs and reconstructions. (LUP)


Carmel-by-the-Sea
Municipal Code
Chapter 17.48
TREES AND SHRUBS1
17.48.010 Purpose.
The City Council finds that in order to preserve windbreaks, reduce soil erosion, and preserve the natural beauty of the City’s urbanized forest, it is necessary to maintain the extent and health of the dominant Monterey Pine forest, along with other native tree species and adopts this chapter in the interest of public health and safety. (Ord. 2004-02 § 1, 2004; Ord. 2004-01 § 1, 2004).

(Source: Carmel-by-the-Sea California – Official City Website, http://www.ci.carmel.ca.us/)

CONCLUSION:
With at least three apparent violations of the intent of the City’s Local Coastal Program policies regarding Carmel-by-the-Sea’s “urbanized” forest, replacement trees, maintenance and enhancement of the city’s informal streetscape, is it the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea’s policy to unilaterally abrogate the city’s Local Coastal Program policies? Is our city at risk of losing Carmel-by-the-Sea’s “natural beauty” because of these city actions?

Cognitive Dysfunction Displayed In Fraudulent Analogy

City Council Agenda
Regular Meeting
November 7, 2006

XI. Orders of Council
A. Review issues related to the historic preservation program and provide policy direction.

Mayor Sue McCloud: “I would like to just put a caveat. In the world of art, there is a established pattern about the early works, late works, best works and I hate to see art be an expression that we put a cap on, you know, there has to be some latitude but it is and I agree that, you know, 100 Murphys, there has to be, one of your worst investments you can make in art is just to have, you know, to buy a Van Gogh, to have a Van Gogh, if it’s the poorest example, it’s really not probably the type of thing that you should be purchasing if you’re looking at it for an investment. So I think somewhere along the line we need to preserve the best, the best, and not make excuses of things that have some big adjustments made to them over a period, you know, a facelift that didn’t work, let’s put it that way. So, but I wouldn’t want to see us put numerical caps on it because we might discover something that later on tells us that really was a Frank Lloyd Wright house, we thought it was a Henry Hill, but it’s Frank Lloyd Wright.”

COMMENTS:

Another digressive, rambling monologue. Another fraudulent analogy. Another example of a Sue McCloud opinion not based in fact or reality.

Facts:
• Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)

• van Gogh produced all of his work, some 864 paintings and 1340 drawings, sketches and watercolors, during the last ten years of his life.
(Source: http://www.vggallery.com/painting/main_az.htm)

• Since his death in 1890, van Gogh has been acknowledged as a pioneer of what came to be known as Expressionism and has had an enormous influence on 20th century art.

• “Like a consumer product, works of art are subject to the laws of the marketplace: prices are governed by the law of supply and demand, as with any other luxury good in high demand because of its rarity.”
(Reference: http://cybermuse.beaux-arts.ca/cybermuse/docs/htmldoc_3304_e.jsp)

• Record Prices for Vincent van Gogh’s Paintings, as follows:
1. Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh
Sold for $82.5 million on May 15, 1990 at Christie's, New York

2. Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe by Vincent van Gogh
Sold for $65 million on Nov 19, 1998 at Christie's, New York

3. A Wheatfield, with Cypresses by Vincent van Gogh
Sold for $57 million in 1993 in a private sale, via Steven Mazoh & Co., Inc., Rhinebeck, New York

4. Irises by Vincent van Gogh
Sold for $53.9 million on Nov 11, 1987 at Sotheby's, New York.

5. Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat by Vincent van Gogh
Sold for $47.5 million on Oct 7, 2005 by Stephen Wynn to Steven A. Cohen in a private sale via Acquavella Galleries Inc., New York

• Due to Vincent van Gogh’s “iconic” status, and only 864 extant paintings, by definition “rarities,” van Gogh paintings are some of the “world’s best known, most popular and most expensive pieces.”
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh)

• “...one of your worst investments you can make in art is just to have, you know, to buy a Van Gogh, to have a Van Gogh, if it’s the poorest example, it’s really not probably the type of think that you should be purchasing if you’re looking at it for an investment.” (Mayor Sue McCloud)
Based on her opinion, it would not be in anyone’s interest to consult Mayor McCloud about van Gogh paintings, art as an investment, et cetera.