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Israel Hershberg: Fields of Vision
At the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, painter Israel Hershberg is currently showing four landscape paintings: two Umbrian landscapes, a view of Tel Kakun in Israel's Hefer Valley, and a small preparatory...
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Hassel Smith: A Free Spirit Remembered
The Weinstein Gallery in San Francisco is currently exhibiting some 45 paintings and works on paper by Hassel Smith (1915-2007), an artist whose mercurial six decade long career has been described by...
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Kyle Staver: Into the Mythological Zone
For many years painter Kyle Staver has crafted warm-hearted paintings that gracefully recall private moments tinged with joie de vivre. Domesticated couples appear as broadly brushed nudes in connubial...
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Lawrence Gipe "Salon" at Lora Schlesinger Gallery
At Lora Schlesinger Gallery in Santa Monica painter/teacher/critic Lawrence Gipe is currently exhibiting thirty small paintings that simultaneously reflect both his interest in history and his ability...
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About Me and My Blog
To Whom It May Concern,I have been writing about art and artists for the HuffingtonPost for almost three years now, and am increasingly finding myself in a pretty great situation: I am regularly...
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Astrid Preston: New Territory at Craig Krull Gallery
At Craig Krull Gallery in Santa Monica, Astrid Preston's exhibition "New Territory" stands out for a very simple reason: the show is unapologetically beautiful. Representing two years of work,...
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A Report from The Assar Gallery: Contemporary Art in Iran
I have recently been in touch with Orkideh Daroodi, a native of Iran who returned home several years ago after attending high school and college in California. Orkideh serves as the gallery manager of...
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Duane Keiser: A Painting A Day
Can the internet be used by serious painters to consistently sell their work, build a reputation and connect with collectors without the help of a "brick and mortar" gallery? It is a question many...
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Dan McCleary: The Mentor
Veteran Los Angeles artist Dan McCleary is used to having his paintings -- which exude measured clarity and a sense of calm -- compared to those of Renaissance masters, especially to those of Piero...
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When Art Becomes a Movie Star
A friend at work caught me by the drinking fountain a few days ago and mentioned something rather surprising: "I saw one of your paintings in a movie last night." Although I was sure he must be...
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Dominic Cretara at the Triton Museum of Art
Dominic Cretara, "Self-Portrait with Doll," 2011, Oil on Canvas, 36" x 24" Domenic Cretara, who has served as a Professor of Art at Cal State Long Beach since 1986, is now the subject of a 20 year...
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Anne Harris: "Phantasmatical: Self-Portraits" at Alexandre Gallery
Anne Harris, "Invisible Girl," 2007, 33 1/2 x 31 incheswatercolor (verso) with watercolor, graphite and oil (recto) on frosted mylar"I'm sort of painting myself out of a job," artist Anne Harris...
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Suhas Bhujbal: Peace and Quiet
Sujas Bhujbal, "Hanging Out," 2012, oil on canvas, 60" x 42" During a 2011 trip to Cat Island in the central Bahamas, artist Suhas Bhujbal found something he craved: peace and quiet. The island's...
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Fatemeh Burnes: Living in the Present
Fatemeh Burnes in her studio: photo courtesy of the artist If you are fortunate enough to see Fatemeh Burnes' exhibition at Mt. San Antonio College -- "Imprints of Nature and Human Nature" -- the...
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Has the Art Market Gone Medieval?
"The Museum of Relics," Photocollage by John Seed via Photofunia.com On the 26th of March, several news sources reported that casino magnate Steve Wynn had sold Picasso's 1932 painting "Le Rêve" to...
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Michael Pearce: Rescuing Beauty
I recently asked Michael Pearce -- an Associate Professor of Art at Cal Lutheran University, and the driving force behind last year's TRAC 2012 Representational Art Conference -- how he liked to spend...
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Odd Nerdrum's Paris Open House
Brandon Kralik, an American born painter who lives and works in Sweden, recently attended the Paris open house of his former teacher, Odd Nerdrum. Over 100 of Nerdrum's paintings were on view, and a...
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On Taste, Richard Serra and the Green Eggs and Ham Syndrome
"Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time." - Jean Cocteau Although I pride myself on having wide ranging taste in art, there are some artists that consistently rub me the...
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Vonn Sumner: Somewhere Else
There is a silence about the works of painter Vonn Sumner. His canvases ask his viewers a question that takes a moment to consider: do you want to laugh, or cry, or both?Vonn Sumner, "Defense," 2013,...
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In Memoriam: Sadegh Tirafkan (1965-2013)
Sadegh Tirafkan (1965-2013)Photo: Gallery Etemad, DubaiArtist/Photographer Sadegh Tirafkan, who passed away in Toronto on May 9th of brain cancer, was a distinctive and complex individualist. Although...
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