Today is the opening reception for the ninth Cityscape Show at George Billis Gallery in Los Angeles, an annual favorite of mine (see ourpost on last year's here). The group…
I LOVE the Citiscape shows at George Billis. No surprise given that several of the participating artists are either personal friends or artists about whose work I have previously written…
above: Stephen Magsig, 68 Mercer St., Oil on linen, 30 x 24" I've been a longtime fan of Stephen Magsig's work having introduced you to his Urban Alphabet paintings and…
With an impressive ouevre of figurative work already under his belt, the Zuma Beach Paintings by Stephen Wright, exemplify his skill at rendering photo-realistic water, light and movement. Zuma Beach…
A few years back we introduced you to the work of Margaret Morrison, an artist who paints childhood toys and nostalgic candies photo-realistically in oils. Now meet Gina Minichino, another…
I just recently learned of fashion designer Alex Blas' paintings. I had no idea he was a figurative painter in addition to designing high-end fashions for both people and Barbie…
Whenever artist Danny Heller exhibits his newest work, I ache to buy all of them. His latest solo show, Modern Leisure, recalls one of the artist's favorite subjects: a mid-century,…
It's no secret that I have a thing for artwork that features swimming and a love for swimming pools. So whenever I come across work, such as David FeBland's Paintings…
Danny Heller's "City Modernism II" opens tonight at the George Billis Gallery in Los Angeles. The show focuses on his newest body of work which consists of paintings capturing Mid-century…
The 16th annual Los Angeles Art Show took place in the city's Convention Center this past Thursday, January 19th through Sunday, January 23rd. I attended with my friend and fellow…
I first noticed Alex Roulette's impressive realism with his 2008 painting, Summer (shown below), which caught my eye because I have a thing for pool paintings. Alex Roulette Fabricated Landscapes…
Steven Albert's oil paintings are hyperrealistic representations of urban and small town icons like cafes, coffeehouses, street windows, graffiti scrawled walls and parked cars. The mundane subject matter is executed…
Above: 25 of stephen's individual letter paintings I was happy to see that one of my favorite painters, Michigan artist Stephen Magsig, has compiled two book of his daily paintings;…
There has been such an ongoing interest in a post I did months ago, called "Freeways and Overpasses; An Artist's Muse" that it's time for Part II. Freeways and Overpasses:…
I fell in love with John Teirney's work the minute I saw it. Partially because a painting of a familiar Los Angeles haunt of mine caught my eye and partially…