Art, History: “Vietnam and the Life of the Artist” is the title of a talk to be given by West Creek artist Tom Rutledge on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 2 p.m. at the Waterview Café in downtown Barnegat. The presentation will feature a new art collaboration by artists Paul Hansen and Michael Indorato. The cost to attend is $15 and a reception will follow. Buy tickets via Waterview Café’s Facebook page or at waterview.cafe.

VAST VISTAS: See first-place winner ‘Sense Serenity’ in the ‘Plein Air Plus’ show at LBIF while it’s still hanging through Saturday. (Artwork by Melanie Landrith)

In the early 1970s, Rutledge was already working as an illustrator and exhibiting as a fine artist when he was drafted…