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Shane's Studio

The Magic Head Shot

A Groupon Special opens the door on Shane O'Neal

24 August 2012

The front desk at Shane O’Neal Studios is vacant. No way the bell can be heard above all that giggling. I ring a couple of times anyway before setting off down the corridor into 8000 square feet of studio space. The Groupon headshot deal didn’t mention the pole-dancing cage with …more The Magic Head Shot

Rodeo Queens with Purses

Cowgirls Prefer Ringlets

The Miss Rodeo America pageant comes to Las Vegas

15 December 2011

Thankfully the house was dark and the spotlights were on the exhilaratingly cheerful Miss Rodeo America contestants. No one in the packed Las Vegas theatre could see the condescending sneer on my face as I watched 28 cowgirls in rhinestone-studded paramilitary jumpsuits toprock to “Danger Zone.” If ever a group …more Cowgirls Prefer Ringlets

Las Vegas Tapestry

Vegas In Wool

Sola's Zen portrait of a city signals a trend

7 November 2011

The Las Vegas Tapestry (2009), currently housed at the Trifecta Gallery in the downtown Vegas Arts Factory, is slow art. Perhaps it is the slowest of all art. Some radically posited but poorly understood quantum force seems to emanate from its 7′ X 11′ form. Not only did I stand …more Vegas In Wool