The Last Hurrah! [Cannery Row Studios]
“It’s the last show,” says Richard Stephens; “I’m not going to produce shows anymore.” A silence fills the room as the interviewer stammers: “Wh-wh-what do you mean?” “I gave Johnny Cantu three shows to produce at the shop [that’s slang for Cannery Row Studios]; we’re gonna start in January. I’m stepping back; he can take over the gallery, see if he can make some money, ‘cause I seem to not… I’m too nice of a guy to make money.” That’s what happens with nice guys; they finish last. “Yes, but that’s fine,” Stephens replies. “I may just go off into my own sunset… I just need a change.” Last year Richard Stephens had health problems and he had to cancel some scheduled shows at his bohemian-style Redondo Beach art gallery. “I’ve been trying to make up shows for the artists that I had scheduled. Jeanne Zaske and Lynnie Sterba was one of the make-ups, and John Teague was another. “The final people [whose shows] I had to cancel last year were Betty Mallorca and Bob Masse,” he continues. But this leads us straight to “Richard and the Three M’s,” which opens this Saturday, Dec. 1, with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Stephens is showing his own painting along with pictures by Mallorca, Masse…
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