The Gina Sigman Gallery

You can pick out his voice even in the most muddled, indistinct background vocals of any song: that smooth, warbling soulful sound emanating from a man with piercing blue eyes and a thick mane of white hair. Whether it's "Sweet Freedom", "What A Fool Believes" or one of his Motown covers, that voice of his wraps up that song with a giant blue bow and says, here ya go: signed sealed delivered, I'm yours. I'm proud to add to my gallery,  Mr. Michael McDonald.

If the Skunk can do "Do It Again", so can I! This is my second painting of Jeff Skunk Baxter. Why did I revisit this celebrated legend of guitar and top secret defense advisor? Well, because I've always had an affinity for dichotomic, well-rounded individuals with artistic talent. Apparently every, journalist, radio and tv host agrees. Flip through any online publication or popular tv talk show and who do you see? JSB!  So I ask myself this question again. Why the repaint? Well because he's just fun to draw! That dashing set of white whiskers and the aviator glasses just ask to be painted. I'm painting this while listening to his latest album, Speed of Heat, which is a mosaic of country, jazz, blues and everything in between. I fell into this trance from start to finish, taking breaths between brush strokes. On August 2nd, I'll be attending his concert at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, with my husband, Barry Sigman; photographer and editor of All Access Mus...