Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
My soul aches for the senseless killings in Seal Beach yesterday. My prayers go out to the families and friends of the 8 people who had their lives ripped from them. It has really shaken our community. I just have no understanding of such things. The shooter even killed a man in his car outside of the salon. I am so sorry for those of you who are grieving.
Monday, October 3, 2011
It's October. One of my favorite months. The other night as we were driving back from an art walk, my husband and I noticed the moon in all of it's (well actually lesser since it was just a sliver) harvest moon glory. It was setting over the buildings in downtown Long Beach and it had a blood orange hue to it. Very eerie, yet electric at the same time.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Abstract art show opens at Gallery Expo on First Friday
August 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Art
Kelly Walker, Out of the Dark Water
Nairobi Tony, Comb Painting Series
The artist reception will be held on Saturday, Aug. 20 from 6-9pm. There will be a no-host donation bar, snacks and a band playing. Most of the artists will also be available to talk about their art.
ardea’s Expo Exhibition Shows Life Centered On Art
Posted: Thursday, June 16, 2011 1:15 pm
As a young child, Raymundo Gardea worked shining shoes on
the busy streets of downtown Los Angeles. In his shoeshine box,
though, he carried something even more important than his tools —
colored chalk.
With these different colored pieces of chalk, Gardea said he would unleash his creativity.
“Whenever I wasn’t shining shoes, I would draw whatever I would
see — cars, people, anything,” he said.
As an adult, Gardea tried many different jobs, but said that he was never happy unless he was either painting or drawing. So, he said he decided to pursue his passion and became a professional artist.
Now, Gardea, whose training consists of several classes at a community college, sells paintings that are worth thousands and is one of three artists featured at the EXPO Arts Center this month. He said that his art style is to paint “anything and everything,” and his diverse collection at the Gallery Expo illustrates his diverse interests.
One of Gardea’s main pieces featured in this show is “Dawn’s Early Light,” which is a painting of the Twin Towers in New York City. As a survivor of 9-11, he said that he painted the piece as an homage to those who died that day.
From 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 18, the Gallery Expo, 4321 Atlantic Ave., will host an artists’ reception featuring live music, snacks and no-host donation bar. The reception will introduce visitors to the artwork of Gardea, Kellie Walker and Robert Wolfe.
Walker, a self-taught artist, said she’s been an artist for more than 30 years, and learned her art from her mother, who also is an artist. Although she’s been in the art world all her life, Walker said she’s only focused on developing her art in the past five years.
At the Gallery Expo, she is showcasing her abstract art — art that she creates while also raising her four young children, who sometimes imitate her.
“I paint during the day, but, I’m a mother first and foremost,” Walker said.
To create her art, Walker said that she uses a palette knife and loves to layer on thick paint to add “luminosity and severe depth.”
This is the first time that Walker’s art will be showcased in a gallery.
Wolfe is an 82-year-old watercolor artist from Los Angeles, and his art depicts the California lifestyle and “explodes with bright colors and brilliant reflections that mesmerize the viewer.”
Wolfe said he admires the art of Norman Rockwell and with his art he aims to show America and “life as it happens.”
With these different colored pieces of chalk, Gardea said he would unleash his creativity.
As an adult, Gardea tried many different jobs, but said that he was never happy unless he was either painting or drawing. So, he said he decided to pursue his passion and became a professional artist.
Now, Gardea, whose training consists of several classes at a community college, sells paintings that are worth thousands and is one of three artists featured at the EXPO Arts Center this month. He said that his art style is to paint “anything and everything,” and his diverse collection at the Gallery Expo illustrates his diverse interests.
One of Gardea’s main pieces featured in this show is “Dawn’s Early Light,” which is a painting of the Twin Towers in New York City. As a survivor of 9-11, he said that he painted the piece as an homage to those who died that day.
From 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 18, the Gallery Expo, 4321 Atlantic Ave., will host an artists’ reception featuring live music, snacks and no-host donation bar. The reception will introduce visitors to the artwork of Gardea, Kellie Walker and Robert Wolfe.
Walker, a self-taught artist, said she’s been an artist for more than 30 years, and learned her art from her mother, who also is an artist. Although she’s been in the art world all her life, Walker said she’s only focused on developing her art in the past five years.
At the Gallery Expo, she is showcasing her abstract art — art that she creates while also raising her four young children, who sometimes imitate her.
“I paint during the day, but, I’m a mother first and foremost,” Walker said.
To create her art, Walker said that she uses a palette knife and loves to layer on thick paint to add “luminosity and severe depth.”
This is the first time that Walker’s art will be showcased in a gallery.
Wolfe is an 82-year-old watercolor artist from Los Angeles, and his art depicts the California lifestyle and “explodes with bright colors and brilliant reflections that mesmerize the viewer.”
Wolfe said he admires the art of Norman Rockwell and with his art he aims to show America and “life as it happens.”
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