Untitled, 1982 Pen, pencil, and color crayon on file card, 4 x 6 in., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, WBNO-8222 What I have loved about drawing is its non-complicated nature as far as process. It’s not high-tech at all. As a matter of fact, you all have a pencil, you all have a paper, [...]
As Curator to the Brice Charitable Foundation, I wish to welcome viewers to our website. It has been an honor and an adventure to be involved in the creation of this comprehensive site about the art and life of William Brice. I’ve worked with John Brice, William Brice’s son, as Foundation and website curator since [...]
Shirley Brice, William Brice, and Howard Warshaw On a lark in 1949, my father and his close friend and fellow painter, Howard Warshaw, had an itch to paint murals on adobe walls. So, they jumped in their Willys jeep and drove with their young wives and another couple from LA to the sunny, wide, white [...]
Brice and Diebenkorn—Divergent Paths to Discovery If you hang around artists for a while, you’ll probably hear words like “choices” or “possibilities”. What they’re talking about is the creative processes they use to solve “open-ended problems” and the range of choices they have before them in order to do so. Each artist intrinsically engages in [...]
Welcome from the Brice Charitable Foundation The BRICE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION supports the appreciation of the late artist William Brice (1921-2008) and of art in general, through exhibitions, loans of artwork, publication of educational materials, sponsorships of seminars, and other activities as may promote these goals. The BRICE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) foundation. We […]