I joined our motley collection of artists this year for our informal annual painting trip, this time to paint in Utah. Hailing from the East coast, West coast and Mexico, we all stayed together at a lodge and traveled to many of the parks nearby, including Canyonlands National Park, Arches National Park, Dead Horse Point … Continue reading On Location in Utah
USC has just completed a new place of worship on their campus, called Our Savior Church. They commissioned local artists to create works to be part of the church, and included are the fourteen Stations of the Cross painted by California Art Club (CAC) president, Peter Adams; eight large stained glass windows created by Judson … Continue reading Art & USC’s New Church
I’ve just returned from a week of painting and teaching in California’s Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. This was the second 3-day workshop I’ve taught there, and was excited to return. I love this part of the desert, and this trip afforded me a little more time to explore and paint a few new locations. I … Continue reading Painting Workshop in the Anza-Borrego Desert
“Borrego Desert, Wind Canyon Cliffs,” © Victor Schiro THE NEW NATURALISTS: BORREGO LANDSCAPE PAINTERS by Ann Japenga [CaliforniaDesertArt.com], published in the The Sand Paper, Fall 2012 issue of the Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association [ABDNHA] If you meet a woman in Surprise Canyon who can name 40 different wildflowers, or a man in rapture over … Continue reading The New Naturalists: Borrego Landscape Painters
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House, 12″ x 16″, Oil on panel, © Eric Merrell These paintings will be exhibited along with a few more of mine at American Legacy Fine Arts (ALFA) in Pasadena, CA, as part of the exhibit “Eclectic L.A. – Four Perspectives.” One of the fascinating parts of Los Angeles is it’s … Continue reading Eclectic L.A. – Four Perspectives
Desertscapes Paint-out in The Joshua Tree North Wildlife Linkage Evening reception and art auction at Joshua Tree Art Gallery Saturday, April 28, 2012, 5 – 7:30 p.m. Mojave Desert Land Trust (MDLT), along with California Art Club, is hosting an open air painting event on Saturday, April 28th in a beautiful natural area known as … Continue reading Paint-Out to Benefit Mojave Desert Land Trust
An article about the current exhibit at the Salton Sea History Museum will be coming out in the new June issue of Palm Springs Life, written by Ann Japenga and titled “The New Sublime: Artists Working at the Salton Sea Capture the Beauty and Decay with a Fresh Perspective.” Click on the images above to … Continue reading The New Sublime
I’ll be giving a lecture this coming Sunday in Pasadena on the history of the California Art Club, specifically the 1940s. That decade was an exciting and turbulent period for the organization – it found itself squarely in the midst of the red-hot controversy over modern art in Los Angeles, contributed locally to the war … Continue reading Back to Back: An Art Lecture and Showcase
I’ve just returned from nearly two weeks of painting out on Cape Cod in Provincetown, Massachusetts. A great group of guys with some new faces too. Though we had mostly great weather, there was some wind and rain, so we hired models and painted indoors on those occasions. Provincetown has a great history … Continue reading Painting in Provincetown
Glenna Hartmann, pastel Glenna Hartmann Invitational Fine Art Exhibition February 19-21, 2010 Artists Reception: February 19, 6:00-9:00 p.m. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Glenna Hartmann (1948-2008) was a well-known artist, loved by everyone who knew her. This exhibit of 100 new works by 60 California artists … Continue reading Glenna Hartmann Invitational
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