Together, they're quite a pair. Nearly every available inch of space is covered by art from their extensive, eclectic personal collection. Book shelves bulge with volumes on art. A huge industrial cabinet and table double as a kitchen pantry and dining surface, respectively. Magazines and newspapers are strewn everywhere.
Potted plants adorn one corner.
It is a home resonating with the energy of lives lived well and fully. To understand the depth of that feeling, one must return to when their lives were transformed. They credit their sons, John and Robert, with introducing them to the vital art scene emerging in the '60s. Robert attended the Kansas City Art Institute at the time. Those were the days when the modern old masters were struggling young artists.