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New found images of Gene Spatz (1943-2003), a pioneer of the paparazzi movement in America, show how he gained the trust and respect of his subjects to capture close-in and evocative images of the celebrity scene (and real street life) in the 1970s and 80s.

During Black History Month 2017, POBA will celebrate its good fortune in having the creative legacies of many outstanding African-American artists on display and will feature these artists to bring greater attention to their remarkable, creative works.

Seven years ago today, on a day remembered for being bitterly cold and unimaginably tragic, Jamie Bernard, a talented and promising young writer and artist, died. Only 22 years old, his death led first to an outpouring of grief. Then, it led his family to create lasting good from their loss by recognizing and supporting the legacies of other artists lost too soon or whose work eluded recognition they deserved in their lifetime. So, POBA was born.

The Clarion List, a pre-eminent resource of arts service providers, recognized POBA's outstanding service and excellent work by including it as one of its exceptional providers of arts services and by reporting on POBA's work with large collections of art works.

POBA adds new displays and artists, including this vivid portfolio, Central Core, by artist Richard C. Elliott. Using mundane materials - safety reflectors-he created works dazzling with light playing in nearly infinite geometric patterns. POBA also adds more undiscovered masters in the coming weeks - sculptor Michael Malpass, celebrity paparazzo Gene Spatz, Chinese-inspired painter Edwin Chau, mixed media of Lillian Tyrell, and the intensely colored photos of Marc Abrahms, to name a few.

POBA's new partnership with The Clarion List brings a whole new level of resources to our friends who love art, manage collections, or are responsible for a creative legacy of any kind. TCL is the leading online resource for identifying and locating top rated art service companies worldwide, and we are proud POBA is now one of its exceptional art service providers.

Undiscovered masters of art can be found anywhere - in our families, communities, and even in our own creations. Art is a highly personal matter and our pleasure is entirely based on our direct experience, not on what experts tell us has greatness, value, or uniqueness. POBA explores how to find our own undiscovered masters and how POBA artist Norman Mailer epitomizes an "undiscovered master"...

Albert Ernest "Beanie" Backus (1906–1990) was a true character, a man whose art and life were American originals. Famous for his vivid Florida landscapes capturing the fast-vanishing wild lands of pre-WW2 Florida, he was equally famous for his generosity, his eccentricity, his teaching skill and his prodigious and diverse artistic output, spanning nearly 70 years.

Jamie Bernard’s creative spirit lives on as the inspiration behind POBA. Jamie’s family wanted to recognize his talents, celebrate his life and passions, and use his creative legacy to inspire, recognize and support the contributions of other deceased artists of all stripes and talents. This has happened, with more than 50 artists, hundreds of portfolios and thousands of works spanning all media displayed on POBA.

David Shainberg (1934-1993) began painting in the late 1970s, and committed to it full-time after retiring from his career as a psychoanalyst in 1981. This second portfolio of David’s works coincides with an exhibition of his works at PAAM, one of POBA’s partners, in the summer and Fall of 2016.