Artist JackFeldman writes to announce he has painted "a national icon" inspired by Hurricane Katrina for which he is asking the eyebrow-raising price of $4 million to $6.5 million.
Feldman is white-haired -- on his card he gives his age as 1929- -- and soft-spoken, wearing a green sweat shirt, blue vest jacket and jeans.
Feldman is on the outs with the local arts community, which he feels cattily cliqued up on him when he moved here from Santa Rosa seven years ago.
Ferdinad FELDMAN, born 1895, resided in Brooklyn, NY and was a taxi driver.
Benjamin (Benumin Schloima) FELDMAN, born 1889, in the town of Kischinew (also known as Kishinev or Chisinau which is now in Moldova).
Shneur ZALMAN FELDMAN son of Nochem, who moved to Skapiskis, from place unknown, to marry Musha Weitz and was still living in 1889 in Skapiskis.
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UCLA Neuroscience Ph.D. Faculty(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Morgado-Valle C, Feldman JL (2004) Depletion of Substance P and glutamate by capsaicin blocks respiratory rhythm in neonatal rat in vitro.
Saywell SA, Feldman JL (2004) Dynamic interactions of excitatory and inhibitory inputs in hypoglossal motoneurones: respiratory phasing and modulation by PKA.
Mellen MN, Roham M, Feldman, JL (2004) Afferent modulation of neonatal rat respiratory rhythm in vitro: cellular and synaptic mechanisms.
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Feldman is an authority on the neural control of breathing.
Trained as a physicist, Dr. Feldman's "interest in the conception of space and time evolved into one of the perception of space and time." He became "hooked on understanding the brain".
Feldman earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago in 1973 and did postdoctoral work at the University of Paris and Einstein College of Medicine.
California Connections: Andrea Feldman/Jack Liebau/Johnson Lightfoote/Mimi Won(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In 1999, Feldman left the foundation to act with a partner as an art adviser, helping both established and fledgling art collectors select, acquire and properly install important works.
Working for Ovitz, she says, means being ready to board a plane on a moment's notice and go to New York to see the latest exhibitions, haggle with dealers and fol- low purchases through from inspiration to installation.
When Feldman is not gallery-hopping with the rich and famous, she's consorting with her Andover friends in L.A., playing a leadership role with the regional alumni association as she previously did in New York.
The first time we heard of Jack Johnson was when we walked into the Blues Museum in the old Carnegie Library in Clarksdale back in 1998, and the manager said "Off Yonder Wall" by the Jelly Roll Kings (Fat Possum Records) was the best CD he had for sale.
Turner and his family played in Little Rock a few years ago, and the music is as ancient as the slave ships that brought their captives to the new continent.
Jack Johnson, a great bluesman from Clarksdale, Miss., played inside the juke joint as record executives, journalists, scholars and fans from all over the world packed the metal building from the back of the bar right up to the bandstand.
'Jack and I may be idealists,' he says, referring to "The World In Which We Live." 'All you have to do is look around and see the madness.
Hues is a trained musician with a classical background, while Feldman is a self-taught musician.
"Feldman, born in North London, was similarly inspired by the Beatles in the beginning, before immersing himself in an eclectic musical diet over the years: Zappa, Soft Machine, modern classical, Miles Davis, punk, and traditional classical music.
