Portraits of a Man and Woman, Members of the Van Keuren Family

~JAMES GLISSON David, thanks for taking the time to share your story, profound knowledge, and infectious enthusiasm. How did the study and promotion of American folk and decorative art from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries come to be your calling?

~It all started with a house. While on a trip to coastal Maine in the early 1990s, we were seduced by the charms of a small farmhouse built in 1768 and located on a quiet cove with stunning views of islands and lobster boats. The house, its setting, and the surrounding rural community could not have been more different from our home base in Los Angeles. It was that...