I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years.

The slides are the way art history is taught. It's the way artists and art historians learn about art. Even now, a good portion of your art history classes is taught with slides, not digitally.

It's like a little potted history of Australian art.

You know, the history of California art doesn't start until about 1961, and that's when these photographs start. I mean, we have no history out here.

Art is a narrative and tells a lot of personal stories. If we don't try to save the history of our culture, of our communities, we lose that forever.

Art history looks at art works and the people who have created them.