Los Angeles is a really vibrant and exciting art community. There is always something going on. Here are a couple of recent social events that I had the pleasure of being invited to.

Potluck BBQ and SlideShow at Jon and Kimberly’s, July 1st, 2017

I was the featured guest speaker at Jon Swihart and Kimberly Merrill’s monthly potluck bbq and artist slideshow in Santa Monica. This celebrated event has been ongoing for many years and features a chosen artist who gives a 45 minute presentation of their work in an informal and relaxed setting. An honorary button of the artist’s work is made for the event by artist and marketer Eric Davis.

Here is a photo of me and Adrian with our buttons in Jon’s back yard after my presentation. Jon Swihart and Kimberly Merrill are amazing artists and it was a real compliment that they invited me to present at their party. Among the memorable people that I met there that night were Ruth Weisberg, Brian Apthorp, Nicola Wood, Alan Griffiths, and Molly Barnes.

Paint Out at Tejon Ranch with the Dreyer’s, June 24, 2017

Dwight and Laura Dreyer host an occasional weekend paint out at Tejon Ranch and get together at the Dreyer Studio in Keene, CA near the Tehachapi Mountains. The Tejon Ranch is an enormous private land holding that among other things has spectacular views and wildlife that artists love to paint. Dwight Dreyer is an accomplished sculptor and entrepreneur who is also a good friend to many in the representational fine arts. One of the Dreyer’s artist friends, Jason Situ, introduced me to them and was the reason I was invited. Jason paints amazing landscapes and is a really great artist and person. There were a large group of talented and well known artists at this gathering. Too many to name off but I really enjoyed my conversations with Stephen Mirich, Ignat Ignatov, Karl Dempwolf, and a couple of the PAC6 artists,  Marian Fortunati and Laura Wambsgans. Marian posted a bunch of great photos and stories from the weekend on her blog. Here’s a photo from it that I “borrowed” as I did not get any good ones of my own.

I am very pleased to announce my partnership with American Legacy Fine Arts in Pasadena as my exclusive gallery and representative in the Los Angeles area. It is a wonderful benefit to be working in the same city as my gallery and they have shown me such a warm and enthusiastic welcome since coming aboard! With authoritative expertise, their services provide comprehensive education and assistance to some of the most distinguished patrons and collectors of contemporary-traditional fine art today.

American Legacy Fine Arts represents only the finest contemporary-traditional painters and sculptors, including 23 award-winning gallery artists, as well as additional contemporary and historic American art. This diverse group of artists provides our clients, beginning and established art collectors, with the opportunity to select perfect works of original art that will enhance their private and public collections Our artists utilize classical and realist techniques and are among the finest plein air, landscape, still life, figure, urban, and genre painters and sculptors in the nation. Affiliated professional organizations include:California Art Club, National Sculpture Society, Plein Air Painters of America, Oil Painters of America, and Portuguese Bend Art Colony.

ALFA specializes in personal service, including private art consultations and commissions as well as monumental sculpture installations and civic art projects.The art gallery is located in Pasadena, California just minutes from Downtown Los Angeles, and is situated in a tranquil neighborhood near the Rose Bowl Stadium, Gamble House, and Norton Simon Museum.To provide our clients with utmost service, we are open by private appointment, Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please call (626) 577-7733 to make your personal appointment and to receive directions to the gallery.

A selection of my paintings that were commissioned or are now currently available through ALFA. More to come by early next year~

To contact the gallery directly call 626.577.7733 or email info@americanlegacyfinearts.com. You can see my available work HERE, or learn more about gallery on their website at americanlegacyfinearts.com

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Arrangement in Brown and White
12 x 16, oil on panel

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Portrait of Sumner Hunt, Collection of Los Angeles Country Club, 18 X 24 inches, oil

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Blue Vase, 11×10.5, oil and gold leaf