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Valley View
18 x 24 inches |
Kevin Macpherson is an
Impressionist painter in the truest sense.
As the only signature member of the prestigious
Oil Painters of America, Macpherson paintings
often remind us of the early masters.
Valley View is one of those paintings where
the subtle tones hues and refined brushwork
combine with ease to convey an intricate yet
unified image inviting the viewer to contemplate
the sensibilities of the moment.
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Still Life with Mums
32 x 36 inches |
Still life paintings
is one of Gregory Hull's strong suits. His
expertise is shaped from years of classical study under
at the University of Utah followed by a year of study in
Italy immersed in the academic art of the Italian
Masters. Hull has continued to paint realistic and
artfully designed still life paintings using the
beautiful objects that he has personally collected with
his artistic genius.
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A Colerful Interaction
16 x 24
inches |
Color play of a
multitude of blues bring us to the waters edge in
this fantastic view of the California Gold Coast.
Cosby cleverly interweaves the interesting
shapes and colors of the Keyhole, now a favorite spot
along the coast of Laguna Beach.
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Edgar Payne
"The Scenic
Journey" |
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Contact the Redfern
Gallery to purchase this extraordinary book for $60.00- plus
shipping.
The museum exhibition
begins this month at the Crocker Museum in Sacramento then
to the Pasadena Museum of California Art and later to the
Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Edgar Payne: The Scenic Journey
presents more than 125 reproductions of Payne’s paintings,
drawings, and decorative arts, as well as rarely seen
photographs from the artist’s travels and selections from
his personal collection of compositional studies.
Essays by Peter H. Hassrick, Lisa N. Peters, Scott A.
Shields, Jean Stern, and Patricia Trenton trace Payne’s
development as he traveled the world, discovering
magnificence in diverse settings ranging from the California
coast, the Sierra Nevada, and the stark Southwest desert to
the Swiss Alps and the harbors and waterways of Europe. A
richly researched chronology by Shields presents the
biographical influences that shaped Payne’s illustrious
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The Irvine Museum
GARDENS AND GRANDEUR: PORCELAINS AND PAINTINGS BY
FRANZ A. BISCHOFF Nov 12 through March 8, 2011
Pasadena Museum of
California Art LA RAW: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles
1945-1980 through May 20, 2012
Crocker Art Museum
EDGAR PAYNE: THE SCENIC JOURNEY February 11
through May 6, 2012.
Laguna
Art Museum
CALIFORNIA ARTISTS representing artists who worked in
California in the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries.
Bowers Museum
CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN YEARS permanent collection
Art Walk March 1, 2012, FIRST THURSDAYS ART WALK - Laguna Beach 6 - 9
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Angel Espoy
(1871-1963)
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Rolling Surf
30 x 40 inches |
Born in Villa Nueva Spain in
1879, Angel Espoy loved the sea. He left home at eighteen
and joined the Spanish Merchant Marines where he learned in
great detail all the nuances of the clipper ships which he
eventually included in his paintings. Later he studied
painting with the great Spanish master impressionist Joaquin
Sorolla in Barcelona. Sorolla is famous for his ability to
portray the brilliant light of Valencia Beach. “Rolling
Surf” by Angel Espoy displays the influence of his teacher
Joaquin Sorolla. The deep blue waves are richly painted in
the clear sunlight along the magnificent California coast.
Espoy’s father had tobacco
interests in the Philippines and in Havana, Cuba. Espoy
began painting designs on furniture in Havana prior to
moving to New York City in 1904. His travels took him back
to Spain and then to San Francisco in 1914 where he made
cartoons for movies and painted outdoors with Manuel
Valencia, Carl Jonnevold, and John Califano. Eventually
making a living solely by the sale of his paintings Espoy moved to
Southern California in 1922. His body of work includes
seascapes, maritime subjects and the rolling California hills
with poppies and lupine.
Angel Espoy was a member of
the Los Angeles Art Association. He exhibited at the Madrid
International Exposition in 1912 and Barker Brothers
Galleries in Los Angeles in a solo show in 1934. His works
are held in the Los Angeles City Hall, the Oakland Museum,
Loyola University and the Irvine Museum.
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Ralph
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Miles of San
Gabriel Valley
16
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Ralph Davidson Miller was
born in Cincinnati, OH on
Sept 7, 1858. The artist
spent his early career in
Kansas City and specialized
in still life paintings. His
mentor was George C. Bingham
who critiqued Miller’s
painting technique. In the
1880’s Miller lived in New
Mexico where he painted the
local scenery. He had many
painting excursions into the
mountains and the deserts of
Colorado, Arizona and New
Mexico.
In 1893 the artist settled
in Los Angeles where he
continued as a successful
artist. His works are part
of the California Historical
Society; Santa Fe Railway
collection; Santa Barbara
Historical Society and
Gardena High School. Miller
exhibited his works at the
prominent Kanst Gallery, Los
Angeles 1909, the Steckel
Gallery Los Angeles, 1910,
1912; Blanchard Gallery, Los
Angeles, 1911; Wilshire
Gallery, Los Angeles, 1927.
Miller remained a resident
of Los Angeles with the
exception of a period in the
mid-1920s when in lived on
the Monterey Peninsula.
Often taking painting
excursions along the
California coast as far
north at Mendocino, he
painted stunning coastal and
landscape paintings that
remain a source of
inspiration today.
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